Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯o9♯5D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Dtone

D♯tone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 1 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

D♯o9♯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♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 4 0 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 5 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 17 17 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 18 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

D♯o9♯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♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 4 0 2 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 5 5 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 5 5 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 17 17 18 17) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 18 17 17 17) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How D♯o9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledeerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · D♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 1 · 4

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