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

G♯o9G♯ Diminished ninth

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭7 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C♯ · F♯

How to play it

G♯o9 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♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 x 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 3 x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 x 3 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 3 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 6 x 3 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

G♯o9 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♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 x 2 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 3 x 2 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 2 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 x 3 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 3 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 6 x 3 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How G♯o9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭7

Same notes asG♯o7(add9)

Explore

More ways to play G♯ Diminished ninth

Browse the rest of the G♯ chords in this tuning, or open G♯o9 in the app for every voicing.

G♯o9 in other tunings:

See & hear G♯o9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store