Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯°♯9D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Atone

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

How to play it

D♯°♯9 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2, 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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 2 4) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (13 12 14 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (x 18 17 19) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

D♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 2 x) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 2 4) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (13 12 14 x) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (x 18 17 19) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

Sound

How D♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · A

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

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