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

D♯M7♭9D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

Gtone

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

How to play it

D♯M7♭9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 0 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 10 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 x 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

D♯M7♭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♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 5 3 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 5 3 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 0 5 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 5 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 10 10 9 12) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 x 9 12) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 10 9 12) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 13 13 12) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How D♯M7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G

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

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