Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

GM7(add9)G Major 7th Added 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

GM7(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 Major 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

GM7(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 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 0 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 0 0 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 5 7 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G Major 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 17 19 17) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How GM7(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · E

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

Same notes asGM9

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