Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D°♭9D Diminished Flat 9th

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Ftone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · F

How to play it

D°♭9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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).

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 x 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 x 15 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 16 x 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 16 15 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 15 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 15 15 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 16 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

D°♭9 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.

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 x 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 x 15 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 16 x 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 16 15 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 15 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 15 15 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 16 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How D°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭3

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