Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Go9G Diminished ninth

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Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Etone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 6 · Notes D · F · G♯ · B · E

How to play it

Go9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1, 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 ninth guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 4 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 4 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 18 19) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Go9 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 ninth guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 4 6 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 4 7 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 18 19) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

G Diminished ninth guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 19 18) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Go9 sounds

Consonance

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Moods & genres

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · B · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 6

Same notes asGo7(add9)

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