Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯+M9D♯ Augmented-major 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · F · G♯

How to play it

D♯+M9 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♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 3 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 12th position (15 12 12 12 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 12th position (15 12 12 15 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 15 15 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 15 17 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

D♯+M9 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♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 3 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 12th position (15 12 12 12 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 12th position (15 12 12 15 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 15 15 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D♯ Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 15 17 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How D♯+M9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

shimmeringotherworldly

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asD♯M9♯5 D♯+M7(add9)

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