G# 9 Chord on Guitar

Play G# 9 on Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

G# 9 chord diagram, starting at fret 10. Strings low to high: E muted, A 11th fret, D 10th fret, G 11th fret, B 11th fret, E 11th fret.

The G# 9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes G#, A#, C, D#, F#. This page shows how to play G# 9 on Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on Guitar: the lowest shape barres fret 4 and covers 3 frets. G# falls on the E string. It sounds from G#2 up to A#4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 10.

Guitar is tuned E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.