Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

D+M9D Augmented-major 9th

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G♯tone
Ctone
D♯tone
F♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes E · G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

D+M9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 — 2nd position (0 4 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
D Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 9th position (12 10 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
D Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
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 — 2nd position (0 4 4 2 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
D Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 9th position (12 10 9 11 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
D Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 13 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How D+M9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3
Same notes asDM9♯5D+M7(add9)
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More ways to play D Augmented-major 9th

Browse the rest of the D chords in this tuning, or open D+M9 in the app for every voicing.

D+M9 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble C

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