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

Am9(add4)A Minor 9th Added 4th

F♯Root
Atone
Btone
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Am9(add4) 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 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 3 4 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 19 18 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 20 20 18 17 19) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

Am9(add4) 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 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 4 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 3 4 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 19 18 20 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Minor 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 20 20 18 17 19) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How Am9(add4) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
flowingmodal
Genres
jazzneo-soul
Theory

Notes & relationships

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