Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

DM9sus2D Major 9th Suspended 2nd

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F♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 2 · 3 · 6 · ♭2 · 3 · Notes E · F♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

DM9sus2 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 x 11 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 x 14 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 14 11 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 14 14 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 14 12 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 14 x 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

DM9sus2 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 x 11 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 x 14 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 14 11 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 14 14 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 14 12 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 14 14 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 14 x 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How DM9sus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openshimmering

Genres

ambientjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · F♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

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

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