Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

GM7♭9G Major 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

GM7♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 2 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 0 4 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 5 4 7 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

GM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 0 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 2 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 1 x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 1 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 0 4 7 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 5 4 7 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How GM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6

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