Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E°(add9)E Diminished Added 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · A♯

How to play it

E°(add9) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2, 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).

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 x 2 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 x 14 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 x 15 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 16 x 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

E°(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.

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 x 2 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 x 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 0 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 2 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 x 14 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 x 15 14) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 16 x 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 2

Sound

How E°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · A♯

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

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