Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G+9G Augmented 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · C · E

How to play it

G+9 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented 9th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 0 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 0 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 6 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

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 Augmented 9th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 0 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 0 6) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 4 6) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 6 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How G+9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6

Same notes asG+7(add9)G9♯5

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