Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

GM(add9)G Major Added 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Etone

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

How to play it

GM(add9) fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 0 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 3 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 0 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

GM(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 0 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 3 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 3 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 0 3 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 0 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

G Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 3 5 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Sound

How GM(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

poprockr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 6

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