Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G9(add13)G Dominant 9th Added 13th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone
Etone
Btone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 3  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E · B

How to play it

G9(add13) 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).

G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 3 2 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 0 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 7 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 7 7 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 7 7 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

G9(add13) 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 Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 3 2 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 3 4 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 0 4 6 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 7 4 6 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 7 7 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
G Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 7 7 5 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How G9(add13) sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
richsoulful
Genres
jazzfunk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E · B
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 3
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