Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Dm9♭5D Minor 9th Flat 5th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G · A♯ · D · F♯

How to play it

Dm9♭5 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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 1 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 4 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 1 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

Read it as tab

Dm9♭5 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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 1 4 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 4 1 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x 4 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 x 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 1 4 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 4 5 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 5 4 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Dm9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asDø9 Dø7(add9)

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