Guitar chord · Ninths
A♯ dominant 7th sharp 9 chord on guitar
x1012x · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♯7♯9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
The “Hendrix chord” — gritty, with major and minor 3rds clashing.
- Notes
- A♯C𝄪E♯G♯B𝄪
- Formula
- 135♭7♯9
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · augmented 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 1st fret, index finger (1) A♯
- 4th string (D): play open C𝄪
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, middle finger (2) G♯
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) B𝄪
- 1st string (high E): don’t play — mute it
Tablature
e|--x---| B|--2---| G|--1---| D|--0---| A|--1---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♯7♯9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing A♯7♯9 on guitar
On guitar, A♯7♯9 has an open-position shape, x1012x, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E and high E strings.
Notice the C𝄪 in A♯7♯9 (A♯ C𝄪 E♯ G♯ B𝄪): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–C–E–G–B), so the major 3rd has to be written C𝄪 rather than D — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
