What notes are in a Ab9#5 chord?

Ab9#5 is Ab, C, E, Gb, Bb: the 1, 3, ♯5, ♭7, 9 of Ab.

How do you play Ab9#5 on guitar?

6th String Root: 4 3 4 3 5 x; 5th String Root: x 11 10 11 11 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Ab9#5?

Scales on Ab that contain every note of Ab9#5: Ab Whole Tone, Ab Mixolydian b6, Ab Leading Whole Tone, Ab Major Locrian, Ab Lydian Dominant b6.

Guitar chord · Dominant 9#5

Ab9#5 chord (Ab Dominant 9#5)

Dominant 9th with a raised 5th: an augmented dominant with the 9th on top, from the whole-tone scale.

Notes AbCEGbBb

Formula 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 9

Shapes 2 on this page

Ab9#5 chord shapes

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

6th String Root 4 3 4 3 5 x

5th String Root x 11 10 11 11 12

Interactive chord diagram

Ab9#5 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 ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Ab9#5

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ab9#5 is the chord of the moment.

Ab Whole Tone Ab Mixolydian b6 Ab Leading Whole Tone Ab Major Locrian Ab Lydian Dominant b6

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Questions

What notes are in a Ab9#5 chord?: Ab9#5 is Ab, C, E, Gb, Bb: the 1, 3, ♯5, ♭7, 9 of Ab.
How do you play Ab9#5 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 4 3 4 3 5 x; 5th String Root: x 11 10 11 11 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Ab9#5?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Ab9#5: Ab Whole Tone, Ab Mixolydian b6, Ab Leading Whole Tone, Ab Major Locrian, Ab Lydian Dominant b6.

Dominant 9#5 chords in every key

C9#5 C#9#5 D9#5 Eb9#5 E9#5 F9#5 F#9#5 G9#5 Ab9#5 A9#5 Bb9#5 B9#5