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

G♯M9♭5G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th

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

How to play it

G♯M9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 0 x 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 4 x 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 4 4 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 4 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 0 x 4 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 4 x 2 0 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 4 4 2 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x 2 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 0 4 4 2 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 4 2 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How G♯M9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F♯

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

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