Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯M♯9G♯ Major Sharp 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Gtone

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

How to play it

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

G♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

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

G♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How G♯M♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · G

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

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