Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Dø♭9♯5D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

Ctone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C · D · F

How to play it

Dø♭9♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 15 15 15 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Dø♭9♯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 Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 0 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 3 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 12 13 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 15 15 15 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Dø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asDo♭9♯5

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