Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Gø9♯5G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

Gø9♯5 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 Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 7 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 19 18 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 20 18 18 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Gø9♯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.

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 7 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 6 6 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 19 18 18 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 20 18 18 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Gø9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkyfragile

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · A♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 4 · 6

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