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

D♯M9D♯ Major 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯

How to play it

D♯M9 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 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 10 10 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

D♯M9 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 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 5 4 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 10 9 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

D♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 10 10 8 9 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How D♯M9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asD♯M7(add9)

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