Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯9G♯ Dominant 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · F♯

How to play it

G♯9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 7 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 9 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 19 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 21 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 7 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 9 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 19 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 21 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

Same notes asG♯7(add9)

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