Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Gø9(add4)G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th

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Ftone

Gtone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · 4 · 6 · Notes D · F · G · G♯ · C · E

How to play it

Gø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 6 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 8 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 19 18 18 20) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 20 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

Gø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 6 6 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 8 6 6 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 19 18 18 20) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 20 18 18 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How Gø9(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseuneasy

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G · G♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭2 · 4 · 6

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