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

G♯7♯9G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

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Gtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G

How to play it

G♯7♯9 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).

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 x 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 4 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 6 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 x 9 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 9 9 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 x 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 9 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 6 9 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

G♯7♯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♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 x 3 4 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 3 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 6 3 4 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 x 9 9 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 9 9 x 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 x 6 9 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 9 6 x 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 6 9 9 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Sound

How G♯7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7

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