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

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

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).

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 15 18 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 18 19 19 19) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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 — 4th position (4 6 7 7 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 15 18 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

G Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 18 19 19 19) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Gø9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · E

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

Same notes asGm9♭5 Gø7(add9)

Explore

More ways to play G Half-Diminished 9th

Browse the rest of the G chords in this tuning, or open Gø9 in the app for every voicing.

Gø9 in other tunings:

See & hear Gø9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store