Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Go9♯5G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

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Formula 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 3 · 6 · Notes D · F · G♯ · A♯ · B · E

How to play it

Go9♯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).

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 20 20 17 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 20 20 18 17 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

Go9♯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 Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 8 5 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6 5 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 20 20 17 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 20 20 18 17 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How Go9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledeerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · A♯ · B · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 3 · 6

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