Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

D♯ø7♯9D♯ Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Atone

Formula ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · ♭5 · Notes F♯ · A · C · E · A

How to play it

D♯ø7♯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♯ Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

D♯ Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

Read it as tab

D♯ø7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 2 2) in Chicago (DGBE)

D♯ Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 14 14 14) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How D♯ø7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · ♭5

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