Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

AM♯5A Major Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

AM♯5 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · 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 Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x x x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 x x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 x 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

AM♯5 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 Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x x x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 x x 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 3 x x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 x x 3 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 x 3 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x 3 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How AM♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseunsettleddreamlike
Genres
jazzclassicalfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4
Same notes asA+
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AM♯5 in other tunings:

StandardDrop DDrop COpen AOpen DOpen EOpen GOpen CDADGADHalf-Step Down

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