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

Dø9D Half-Diminished 9th

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · D · F♯

How to play it

Dø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Dø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

D Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Dø9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asDm9♭5 Dø7(add9)

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