Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E+♭9E Augmented Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · E · A

How to play it

E+♭9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, 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).

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 7 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (13 10 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (13 10 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 x 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

E+♭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.

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 2 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 7 9 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (13 10 10 x 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (13 10 10 13 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 x 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 14 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 13 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How E+♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

jarringunstable

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 4

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