Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

GM6(add9)G Major 6th Added 9th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Btone
Etone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 3 · 6  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · B · E

How to play it

GM6(add9) fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 4 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 x 11 13 11 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

GM6(add9) 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 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 1 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 x 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 1 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 1 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 3 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 4 3 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 8 9 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
G Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 x 11 13 11 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
Sound

How GM6(add9) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
warmsmoothoptimistic
Genres
jazzpopbossa nova
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · B · E
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 3 · 6
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