Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E°♭9E Diminished Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D · A

How to play it

E°♭9 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1, 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).

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x x 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 x x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 4 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 3 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 3 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

E°♭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.

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x x 2 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 x x 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 4 x x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 3 2 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 3 2 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

E Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 4 2 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

Sound

How E°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4

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