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

Eø7♭9E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

How to play it

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (13 12 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 15 16 16 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (13 12 12 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 15 16 16 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Eø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asEø♭9 Eo♭9

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