Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D7♯9D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G

How to play it

D7♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 9 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

D7♯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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 9 10 x 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How D7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4

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