Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D7♭9D Dominant 7th Flat 9th

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Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · F

How to play it

D7♭9 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD), 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 Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 x 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 0 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 1 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 x 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 0 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Read it as tab

D7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 x 0 3 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 0 0 3 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 1 0 3 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 1 0 3 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 x 0 0 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 0 0 0 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 1 0 0 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

D Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 1 0 0 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Sound

How D7♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · ♭3

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