Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯m♯9G♯ Minor Sharp 9th

ERoot

Gtone

Btone

Gtone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 7 · Notes E · G · B · G

How to play it

G♯m♯9 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♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x x 6 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (6 6 6 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (x 11 13 13 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x x 18 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (18 18 18 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x x 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 x x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

G♯m♯9 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♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x x 6 4 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (6 6 6 4 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (x 11 13 13 12 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x x 18 16 16 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (18 18 18 16 16 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x x 4 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 x x 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How G♯m♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · G

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

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