Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Eø9(add4)E Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th

G♯Root
Btone
C♯tone
Dtone
F♯tone
A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · B · C♯ · D · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

Eø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 4 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
E Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 5 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
E Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 12 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

Eø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 4 3 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
E Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 5 3 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
E Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 12 12 11 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How Eø9(add4) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
denseuneasy
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · C♯ · D · F♯ · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 6 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭5
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