Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

Dm♯9D Minor Sharp 9th

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Gtone

Btone

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Formula 2 · 4 · 6 · 4 · Notes E · G · B · G

How to play it

Dm♯9 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (12 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 6 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x 7 6 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (12 10 10 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 19 18 17) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 x 1) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 3 1) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 6 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 6 5) in Chicago (DGBE)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How Dm♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · 6 · 4

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