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

G7♭9G Dominant 7th Flat 9th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

G7♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 x 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 3 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 1 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

G7♭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 Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x 0 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 x 0 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 1 0 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 3 0 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 1 0 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How G7♭9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensedramaticexotic
Genres
jazzclassicallatin
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6
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