A7♯9 banjo chord

How to play A7♯9 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the B to the high D at the 10th fret and your middle finger on the low D string at the 11th fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 11 0 10 10 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A7♯9?

A7♯9, A dominant seventh sharp nine, is A, C♯, E, G and B♯: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the perfect fifth (E), the minor seventh (G) and the sharp ninth (B♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯9.