Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Dø7♭9D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

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Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · D · F

How to play it

Dø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 15 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Dø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 15 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Dø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asDø♭9 Do♭9

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