Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Ao7♭9A Diminished 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Ao7♭9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 x 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

Ao7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 3 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 3 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 x 4 5 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 4 5 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 8 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 5 7 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 5 7 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How Ao7♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
menacinggrating
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

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