Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

GM♭9G Major Flat 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

GM♭9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E), 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 x x 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 x 4 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 2 x x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 2 4 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x x 3 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 2 4 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 4 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

GM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 x x 2 1 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 x 4 2 1 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 2 x x 1 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 2 4 x 1 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x x 3 2 1 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 2 4 2 1 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x 5 x 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 4 5 x x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How GM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · ♭6

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