Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D+M9♭5D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

D+M9♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · 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 Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (0 7 6 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 11 11 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 14 13 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

D+M9♭5 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-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 1 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (0 7 6 6 7 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 11 11 11 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

D Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 14 13 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How D+M9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3

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