Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

DM6♭9D Major 6th Flat 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

DM6♭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 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 4 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 4 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 4 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 x 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 3 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 3 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 4 2 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 2 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

DM6♭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 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 4 x 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 4 3 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 4 3 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 x 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 3 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 3 1 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 4 2 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 2 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How DM6♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashinguneasy

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · F

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

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