Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯mM9G♯ Minor major 9th

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Gtone

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

G♯mM9 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♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 20 21 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

G♯mM9 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♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 8 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 9 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 20 20 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 20 21 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How G♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · D♯ · F♯

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

Same notes asG♯mM7(add9)

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