Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

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

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2, 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 (0 x 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 11 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 11 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 x 15 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

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 (0 x 3 1) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 11 x 10) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 11 12 10) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 x 15 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

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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