Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Am11♭9A Minor 11th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone
Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G · B

How to play it

Am11♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 6 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 8 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 6 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 17 15 16 15 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 17 18 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

Am11♭9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 6 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 8 6 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 6 6 5 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 17 15 16 15 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 17 18 16 15 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How Am11♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darktense
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · G · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2
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