Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯9D♯ Dominant 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

D♯9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 7 5 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 9 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 9 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

D♯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♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 5 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 7 5 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 9 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 7 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 9 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 9 10 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

D♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 9 10 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How D♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4

Same notes asD♯7(add9)

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