Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯9♭5D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯

How to play it

D♯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♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 x 1 2 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 2 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

D♯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♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 x 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 0 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 x 1 2 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 2 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 4 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 4 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How D♯9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · 4

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