Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

E°♯9E Diminished Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Btone

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

How to play it

E°♯9 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 x 1) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 17 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 20th position (x 21 20 22) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

E°♯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 Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 x 1) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 2 1) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 5 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 10) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 17 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 20th position (x 21 20 22) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How E°♯9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 5

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