Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Dø7♭9D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

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Ftone

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

How to play it

Dø7♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1, 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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 8 6 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 x 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 10 10 9 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 11 10 10 9 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 10 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Dø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 8 6 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 x 8 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 8 9 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 8 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 10 10 9 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 11 10 10 9 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

D Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 10 10 x 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Sound

How Dø7♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F

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

Same notes asDø♭9 Do♭9

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