Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

G7(add9)G Dominant 7th Added 9th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone
Etone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E

How to play it

G7(add9) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 0 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

G7(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.

G Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 0 7) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How G7(add9) sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
funkysmoothconfident
Genres
funkbluesjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6
Same notes asG9
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