Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

GM9(add4)G Major 9th Added 4th

DRoot

F♯tone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 5 · 7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes D · F♯ · G · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

GM9(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).

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 0 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 19 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

GM9(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.

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 0 5 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 5 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 19 17 19 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How GM9(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densetense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6

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