Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Go7♭9G Diminished 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes D · F · G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Go7♭9 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).

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 8 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 8 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Go7♭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 Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 3 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 4 5 4 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 8 8 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 8 8 x 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 8 8 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 8 8 10 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Go7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6

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