Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

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

How to play it

D♯ø♭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 (3 4 1 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (3 2 1 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 4 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (15 14 13 13 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 16 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

D♯ø♭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 (3 4 1 1 0 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (3 2 1 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 4 4 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (15 14 13 13 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 16 16 16 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How D♯ø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · E · G

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

Same notes asD♯o♭9♯5

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