A 9#5 Chord on Classical Guitar (Drop D)
Play A 9#5 on Classical Guitar (Drop D): diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A 9#5 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes A, B, C#, F, G. This page shows how to play A 9#5 on Classical Guitar (Drop D) with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and B strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 3 over a 3-fret stretch. A falls on the E string. It sounds from F2 up to A4.
It has nylon strings on a wider, flatter neck, with the lowest string slackened a whole tone.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.