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

A♯+9A♯ Augmented 9th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone
F♯tone
A♯tone

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

How to play it

A♯+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♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 8 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 8 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 6 6 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 8 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 6 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 8 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 10 10 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 20 18 21 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

A♯+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♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 8 6 9 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 8 6 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 6 6 9 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 8 6 9 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 6 6 7 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 8 6 7 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 10 10 9 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 20 18 21 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How A♯+9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1
Same notes asA♯+7(add9)A♯9♯5
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A♯+9 in other tunings:

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