What notes are in the G# 9no5 chord?

The G# 9no5 chord contains the notes G# · B# · F# · A#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# 9no5 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 9no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the G# 9no5 chord?

On guitar the most common G# 9no5 shape is 414112, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · F#4 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

G# 9no5 Chord (G#9no5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B#4 · F#4 · A#4
Open (drop 2)	F#3 · G#3 · A#4 · B#4
Shell	G#3 · B#4 · F#4
Rootless	B#3 · F#3 · A#3

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Anatomy

G# 9no5 (G#9no5) contains the notes G# · B# · F# · A#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of G# 9no5 puts a chord tone other than G# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# 9no5 belongs to.

In which keys

G# 9no5 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

Db majorV9no5Dominant
Bb minorVII9no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

G# 9no5 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# MixolydianG# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Locrian MajorG# · A# · B# · C# · D · E · F#
G# Mixolydian b6G# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Bebop MinorG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Composite BluesG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D · D# · E# · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# 9no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

G#7no5G# · B# · F#

Richer

G#9G# · B# · D# · F# · A#
G#13G# · B# · D# · F# · A# · E#
G#13no5G# · B# · F# · A# · E#
G#9b13G# · B# · F# · A# · E
G#9b5G# · B# · D · F# · A#
G#13b5G# · B# · D · E# · F# · A#

Common substitutions

D9no5D · F# · C · E
D9no5 shares the third and seventh of G#9no5 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
D#m7D# · F# · A# · C#
D#m7 is the ii chord that leads into G#9no5 in a ii–V.

9no5 on every root

C9no5 C#9no5 Db9no5 D9no5 Eb9no5 E9no5 F9no5 F#9no5 Gb9no5 G9no5 Ab9no5 A9no5 Bb9no5 B9no5

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Understanding the G# 9no5 chord

Names and symbols

G#9no5 is the chord symbol for G# 9no5.

G# 9no5 and Ab 9no5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab 9no5

Common questions

What notes are in the G# 9no5 chord?: The G# 9no5 chord contains the notes G# · B# · F# · A#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# 9no5 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 9no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the G# 9no5 chord?: On guitar the most common G# 9no5 shape is 414112, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · F#4 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.