Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

GM9♯5G Major 9th Sharp 5th

DRoot

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

GM9♯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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 x 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

GM9♯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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 x 4 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How GM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

shimmeringotherworldly

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E

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

Same notes asG+M9 G+M7(add9)

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