Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3

Ao11♭9A Diminished 11th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Gtone
Btone

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

How to play it

Ao11♭9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3, 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 Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 7 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 5 4 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 7 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 17 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 19 17 16 17) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 17 16 16 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 19 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao11♭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 Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 5 5 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 7 5 4 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 5 4 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 7 4 4 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 17 17 16 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 19 17 16 17) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 17 16 16 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
A Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 19 16 16 17) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao11♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
menacinghollow
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

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