Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E+♯9E Augmented Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Btone

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

How to play it

E+♯9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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 Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x x 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x x 1 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 1 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

E+♯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.

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x x 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x x 1 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 0 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 1 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 x 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

E Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 0 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How E+♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

stridentunstable

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 5

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