Guitar chords · Dominant 7th sharp 9th
G7♯9 chord on guitar (G7#9)
G7♯9 (G A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: G, B, D, F and A♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
Shapes
How to play G7♯9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
G7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 3
A shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes G7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
A 7♯9 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with a raised 9th on top. The ♯9 sounds like a minor 3rd against the major 3rd, a deliberate clash; the chord is known as the Hendrix chord, at home in blues, funk and rock.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the ♭7th and the ♯9th make G7♯9 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- GRroot
- B3essential
- D5optional
- F♭7essential
- A♯♯9essential
- G, the root
- Other chord tones
As a V chord, G7♯9 resolves to C or, more often, Cm: the V7♯9–i move.
Keys
Keys with G7♯9
G7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (A♯) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in G or as a V chord resolving to C.
Slash chords
G7♯9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps G7♯9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- G7♯9/B
G7♯9 with its 3rd, B, in the bass.
- G7♯9/D
G7♯9 with its 5th, D, in the bass.
- G7♯9/F
G7♯9 with its ♭7th, F, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on G
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- G major
- Gm minor
- G7 dominant 7th
- Gmaj7 major 7th
- Gm7 minor 7th
- Gsus2 suspended 2nd
- Gsus4 suspended 4th
- G6 major 6th
- Gm6 minor 6th
- Gadd9 add 9
- G9 dominant 9th
- Gmaj9 major 9th
- Gm9 minor 9th
- G13 dominant 13th
- Gmaj13 major 13th
- Gm11 minor 11th
- G° diminished
- Gm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- G°7 diminished 7th
- G+ augmented
- G5 power chord
- G7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Gm(maj7) minor major 7th
- G6/9 six-nine
- Gm(add9) minor add 9
Questions
G7♯9, in short
- What notes are in the G7♯9 chord?
- G7♯9 (G A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: G, B, D, F and A♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, ♭7 and ♯9.
- How do you play G7♯9 on guitar?
- G7♯9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10.
- What key is G7♯9 in?
- G7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (A♯) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in G or as a V chord resolving to C.