Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ø9D♯ Half-Diminished 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯ø9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

D♯ø9 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 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 4 4 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 9 9 8 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 12 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

D♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 13 12 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How D♯ø9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G♯

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

Same notes asD♯m9♭5 D♯ø7(add9)

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