Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

DM7♯9D Major 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

DM7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 5 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 6 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 x 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 x 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 13 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 13 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 13 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 14 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

DM7♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 5 6 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 6 6 5 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 x 14 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 x 11 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 13 11 x 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 13 14 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 13 14 14 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 14 14 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How DM7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysticclashing

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · G

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

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