Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E°(add9)E Diminished Added 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · A♯

How to play it

E°(add9) fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 0 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 0 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 4 3 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 5 3 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

E°(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.

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 0 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 0 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 0 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 x x 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 0 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 0 x 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 4 3 x 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 3 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How E°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · A♯

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

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