Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

DM♯9D Major Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Gtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · G

How to play it

DM♯9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 7 7 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (x 19 19 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

DM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 7 7 6 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (x 19 19 18 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How DM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 4

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