Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Gø7(add9)G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · 6 · Notes D · F · G♯ · C · E

How to play it

Gø7(add9) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 8 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 19 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 20 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Gø7(add9) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 8 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 19 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 20 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Gø7(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · 6

Same notes asGø9 Gm9♭5

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