Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯7♯9G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G

How to play it

G♯7♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · 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♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 5 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯7♯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.

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 5 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 5 6 5 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 6 x 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7

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