Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Do♭9♯5D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

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A♯tone

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Dtone

Ftone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C · D · F

How to play it

Do♭9♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 6 6 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (12 11 10 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 13 13 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Do♭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 Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 1 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 6 6 5 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (12 11 10 10 11 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 13 13 13 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Do♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asDø♭9♯5

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