Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

Dø♭9D Half-Diminished minor ninth

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Gtone
A♯tone
Dtone
Ftone

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

How to play it

Dø♭9 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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 minor ninth guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

Dø♭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 minor ninth guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How Dø♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bleakdissonant
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F
Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3
Same notes asDo♭9Dø7♭9
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More ways to play D Half-Diminished minor ninth

Browse the rest of the D chords in this tuning, or open Dø♭9 in the app for every voicing.

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