Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯mM9D♯ Minor major 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

D♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 2 3 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 5 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 2 x 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 5 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 5 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 8 5 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 14th position (15 x 14 15 17 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

D♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 2 3 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 5 3 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 2 x 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 5 x 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 5 3 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 8 5 7 6 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 14th position (15 x 14 15 17 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How D♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysteriouscinematicbittersweet

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · F · G♯

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

Same notes asD♯mM7(add9)

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