Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Eo9E Diminished ninth

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

Eo9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 ninth guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 10 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 13 x 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 13 13 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 11 10 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Eo9 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 guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 10 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 13 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 13 x 10 10 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 13 13 10 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 11 10 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Diminished ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How Eo9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F · A♯

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

Same notes asEo7(add9)

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