Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D°♯9D Diminished Sharp 9th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

D°♯9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x x 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

D Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 6 5 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How D°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 4

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