Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

Dm♯9D Minor Sharp 9th

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Gtone

Btone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Dm♯9 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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, 2nd (2 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (x 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (14 14 15 17) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (x 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 3 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 x 15 12) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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, 2nd (2 2 3 5) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (x 7 7 8) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (14 14 15 17) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (x 19 19 20) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 3 0) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 0) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 x 15 12) in Tenor (CGDA)

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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