Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯o9D♯ Diminished ninth

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

D♯o9 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 ninth guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — Open (1 3 4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

D♯o9 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 ninth guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 x 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 2 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 2 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 2 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 2 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — Open (1 3 4 2 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How D♯o9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4

Same notes asD♯o7(add9)

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