Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Eø9♯5E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · D · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

Eø9♯5 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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).

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 3 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 4 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 4 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 17 17 15 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 17 17 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

Eø9♯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.

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 3 1 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 4 3 1 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 0 1 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 4 0 1 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 5 3 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 3 3 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 17 17 15 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 17 17 15 15 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How Eø9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkyfragile

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

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