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

Gø7♭9G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Gø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 2 5 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 15 14 17 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Gø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 2 5 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 5 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 15 14 17 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Gø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · D♯

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

Same notes asGø♭9 Go♭9

Explore

More ways to play G Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

Browse the rest of the G chords in this tuning, or open Gø7♭9 in the app for every voicing.

Gø7♭9 in other tunings:

See & hear Gø7♭9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store