Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GM7♭9G Major 7th Flat 9th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
C♯tone
D♯tone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

GM7♭9 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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 7 0 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 7 9 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 19 18 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 19 21 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

GM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 7 0 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 0 4 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 7 6 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 7 9 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 19 18 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 19 21 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How GM7♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dissonanteerie
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6
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