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

Dm9♯5D Minor 9th Sharp 5th

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Formula 2 · 4 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G · C · D · F♯

How to play it

Dm9♯5 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 10 12 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 11 11 12 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 11 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 11 11 12 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 11 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (x 18 16 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Dm9♯5 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 6 6 7) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 10 x 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 10 12 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 11 11 12 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 11 11 x 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 11 11 12 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 11 11 14 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

D Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (x 18 16 18 18 19) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Dm9♯5 sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · C · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭7 · 1 · 3

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