Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Am13♯9A Minor 13th Sharp 9th

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

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

How to play it

Am13♯9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 0 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 4 5 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 0 0 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 4 0 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 5 7 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 4 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 5 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (19 17 17 19 17 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Read it as tab

Am13♯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 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 0 5 5 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 4 5 5 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 0 0 5 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 4 0 5 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 5 7 5 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 4 5 5 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 5 5 5 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (19 17 17 19 17 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Sound

How Am13♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
saturatedthick
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

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