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Guitar chord · Dominant 7#5b9

A7#5b9 chord (A Dominant 7#5b9)

Dominant 7th with a raised 5th and a flat 9th: an altered dominant, tense and bright.

Notes AC#E#GBb
Formula 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 ♭9
Shapes 2 on this page

A7#5b9 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

6th String Root 5 x 5 6 6 6
5th String Root x 12 11 12 11 13

Interactive chord diagram

A7#5b9 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕

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Scales to play over A7#5b9

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when A7#5b9 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a A7#5b9 chord?
A7#5b9 is A, C#, E#, G, Bb: the 1, 3, ♯5, ♭7, ♭9 of A.
How do you play A7#5b9 on guitar?
6th String Root: 5 x 5 6 6 6; 5th String Root: x 12 11 12 11 13 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with A7#5b9?
Scales on A that contain every note of A7#5b9: A Phrygian Dominant, A Altered, A Phrygian b4, A Enigmatic.

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