Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯M7♯9G♯ Major 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

G♯M7♯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♯ Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

G♯M7♯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♯ Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How G♯M7♯9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysticclashing

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · G

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

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