Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯m9G♯ Minor 9th

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Gtone

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · Notes E · G · B · D · F♯

How to play it

G♯m9 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♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 18 20 17) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 21 21 21 21) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

G♯m9 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♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 8 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 9 9 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 18 20 17) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

G♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 21 21 21 21) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How G♯m9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

wistfullushintrospective

Genres

jazzr&bneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

Same notes asG♯m7(add9)

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