Dominant family
G♯ dominant seventh flat nine chord
G♯7♭9G♯ dominant seventh flat nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- ♭9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 10
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 2 at fret 10.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G♯1
- A♭9
- 2
- ♭3
- B♯3
- 4
- ♭5
- D♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- F♯♭7
- 7
- G♯ Root
- B♯ Major 3rd
- D♯ Perfect 5th
- F♯ Minor 7th
- A Minor 9th
About this chord
What is a G♯ dominant seventh flat nine chord?
G♯7♭9 is built from 5 notes: G♯ (the root), B♯ (the 3), D♯ (the 5), F♯ (the ♭7), A (the ♭9). Dark tension that pulls hard towards a minor chord.
- Notes
- G♯ · B♯ · D♯ · F♯ · A
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭9
- Also written
- G♯7(♭9)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Neighbours
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