Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

AM7♭9A Major 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Ftone
Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G

How to play it

AM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 6 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 0 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 6 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

AM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 3 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 2 3 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 2 3 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 6 3 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 0 6 6 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 6 6 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 6 6 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 6 6 x 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How AM7♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dissonanteerie
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7
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