Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Eo9E Diminished ninth

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F · A♯

How to play it

Eo9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 x 1 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 x 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Eo9 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 ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 x 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 1 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 x 1 2 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 1 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 x 2 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 x 5 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Eo9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭5

Same notes asEo7(add9)

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