Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

GM9G Major 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

GM9 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 Major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 7 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 9 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 19 21) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 21 19) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

GM9 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 Major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 0 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 7 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 9 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 19 21) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 21 19) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How GM9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · E

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

Same notes asGM7(add9)

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