Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

A♯o9A♯ Diminished ninth

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Ftone
A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D · F · A♯

How to play it

A♯o9 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 ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 x 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 5 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 5 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 5 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

A♯o9 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 ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 x 5 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 6 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 5 5 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 5 5 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 5 5 5 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How A♯o9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
eerietense
Genres
jazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 1
Same notes asA♯o7(add9)
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A♯o9 in other tunings:

Drop DDrop COpen AOpen DOpen EOpen GOpen CDADGADHalf-Step Down

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