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

G♯mM9G♯ Minor major 9th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes E · G · B · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

G♯mM9 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♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 6 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 7 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 6 x 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 6 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

G♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 6 6 6 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 7 6 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 6 x 6 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 7 x 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 6 6 6 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 7 6 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How G♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · D♯ · F♯

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

Same notes asG♯mM7(add9)

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