Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E°♭9E Diminished Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Atone

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

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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 x 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 14 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 15 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 16 x 17 16) 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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 x 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 14 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 15 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 16 x 17 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How E°♭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 · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4

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