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

Dø7♯9D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

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

How to play it

Dø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x x 1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 6 4 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

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

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x x 1 2 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 6 x 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 6 4 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Dø7♯9 sounds

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · G

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

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