Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯+M9♭5G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

G♯+M9♭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♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 0 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 8 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 17 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 20 19 20 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

G♯+M9♭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♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 0 0 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 0 3 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 3 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 8 7 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 17 17 17 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 20 19 20 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How G♯+M9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyglassy

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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