Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

Gø9G Half-Diminished 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

Gø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 20 19) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

Gø9 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 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 20 19) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How Gø9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · E

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

Same notes asGm9♭5 Gø7(add9)

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