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

G♯11♭9G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th

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Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · F · A

How to play it

G♯11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 5 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 2 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 5 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 14 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 17 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 16 14 16 14 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 16 17 16 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

G♯11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 5 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 2 4 2 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 5 4 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 14 16 16 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 17 16 16 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 16 14 16 14 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 16 17 16 14 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How G♯11♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2

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