Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A°(add9)A Diminished Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

A°(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 1 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 x 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 x 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 x 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

A°(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 1 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 x 5 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 x 4 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 x 4 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 x 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How A°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 7

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