Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

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 D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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 — 3rd position (x 4 0 3 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 12 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

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 — 3rd position (x 4 0 3 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 7 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 x 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 x 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 8 10 11 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

D Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 12 10 11 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

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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