Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯°♯9D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Atone

Formula ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭5 · Notes F♯ · A · C · A

How to play it

D♯°♯9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, 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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

D♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How D♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · A

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

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