Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

DM6♯9D Major 6th Sharp 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Gtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯ · G

How to play it

DM6♯9 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 x 4 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 5 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 4 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 2 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

DM6♯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 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 x 4 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 2 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 5 2 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 4 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 4 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 2 2 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How DM6♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittycolorful

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 4

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