Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

DM11♭9D Major 11th Flat 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

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

How to play it

DM11♭9 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 Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 13 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 14 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

DM11♭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 Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 2 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 13 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 14 16 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How DM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

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

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