Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

G♯7♭5G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th

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

How to play it

G♯7♭5 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 x 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 0 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 0 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 0 5 x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 0 x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

G♯7♭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♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 x 0 1 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 0 x 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 0 1 x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 0 1 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 0 x x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 0 5 x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 x x 3 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
G♯ Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 0 x 3 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How G♯7♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgybluesyhazy
Genres
jazzblues
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 2 · ♭5
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