Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Eo9♯5E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

Ftone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · E · F · A♯

How to play it

Eo9♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · 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).

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 16) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 17 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Eo9♯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.

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 16) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 17 16 16 16) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Eo9♯5 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledeerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · ♭5

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