Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

AM6♯5A Major 6th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · D♯

How to play it

AM6♯5 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 Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 4 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 4 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 3 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

AM6♯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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 4 x 2 1) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 4 2 2 1) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 x 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 2 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 3 x 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 x 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 3 x x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 3 2 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How AM6♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
unsettledcurious
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭5
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