Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

DM9♭5D Major 9th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

D♯tone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

DM9♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 4 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 8 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 8 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 11 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 4 4 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 7 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 8 7 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 8 9 8 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 11 9 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 9 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

D Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How DM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F♯

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

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