Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G°(add9)G Diminished Added 9th

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G♯tone
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Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 6  ·  Notes D · F · G♯ · E

How to play it

G°(add9) 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).

G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 x 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 19 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 19 x 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

G°(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 Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 7 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 x 8 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 19 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 19 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
G Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 19 x 20 20) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How G°(add9) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 6
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