Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

G♯°(add9)G♯ Diminished Added 9th

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Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭7  ·  Notes E · G · A♯ · F♯

How to play it

G♯°(add9) 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).

G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 x 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 x 20 21) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 x 21 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 21 21 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
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 — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 6) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 x 8 9) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 x 9 8) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 9 9 8) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 x 20 21) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 x 21 20) in Open G (gDGBD)
G♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 21 21 20) in Open G (gDGBD)
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

NotesE · G · A♯ · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭7
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