Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E+♯9E Augmented Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Btone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 5 · Notes G♯ · C · E · B

How to play it

E+♯9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 10 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 14 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 17 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (x 22 22 22 19) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 10 10 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 14 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 17 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 17 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (x 22 22 22 19) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How E+♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

stridentunstable

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 5

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