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

D♯M7♭9D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

Gtone

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

How to play it

D♯M7♭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♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 4 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 4 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 9 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 9 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 9 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 12 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 11 9 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

D♯M7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 4 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 4 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 9 9 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 9 9 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 9 9 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 12 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 11 9 12 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How D♯M7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G

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

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