Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯7(add9)G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

G♯7(add9) 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♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 6 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 6 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 x 7 9 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 10 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

G♯7(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 6 7 x 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 6 7 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 x 7 9 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 10 7 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How G♯7(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F♯

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

Same notes asG♯9

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