Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D9♭13D Dominant 9th Flat 13th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Ctone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · F♯ · C

How to play it

D9♭13 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 Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (0 0 4 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 7 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

D9♭13 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 Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 0 4 3 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 3 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 2 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (0 0 4 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 7 5 7 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 10 11 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How D9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensedark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭7

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