Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Eo9♯5E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

Ftone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · E · F · A♯

How to play it

Eo9♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 3 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 6 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 14 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 15 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Eo9♯5 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 Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 1 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 1 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 3 3 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 6 4 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 14 13 12 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 15 13 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Eo9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledeerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · ♭5

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