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

Do♭9D Diminished minor ninth

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

How to play it

Do♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 6 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 11 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 10th position (11 12 11 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Do♭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 Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 6 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 6 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 11 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 10th position (11 12 11 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Do♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F

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

Same notes asDø♭9 Dø7♭9

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