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

GM9♭5G Major 9th Flat 5th

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

How to play it

GM9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x 0 1 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 0 1 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 0 1 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

GM9♭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.

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x 0 1 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 0 1 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 0 1 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 1 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 3 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How GM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G♯ · C♯ · E

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

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