Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯+9D♯ Augmented 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

How to play it

D♯+9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 4 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 7 0 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 12 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 x 12 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 1 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 4 5 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 7 0 5 7 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 7 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 12 11 13 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Augmented 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 x 12 13 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How D♯+9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

Same notes asD♯+7(add9)D♯9♯5

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