Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

EM♯9E Major Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

EM♯9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 8 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 8 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 18th position (x 21 20 18 21) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 18th position (x 21 20 21 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

EM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 8 6 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 8 9 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 18th position (x 21 20 18 21) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 18th position (x 21 20 21 18) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How EM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 5

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