Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯M(add9)G♯ Major Added 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

G♯M(add9) fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · 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♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 x 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 x 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 4 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 4 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x x 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 6 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

G♯M(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 2 4 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 x 2 1 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 2 4 4) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 x 2 1 4) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 4 2 1 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 4 2 1 4) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x x 4 4 6) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 6 4 4 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

Sound

How G♯M(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

poprockr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · F♯

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

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