Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D11♭9D Dominant 11th Flat 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

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

How to play it

D11♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 9 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 6 8 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 9 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

D11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 8 8 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 9 8 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 6 8 6 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

D Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 9 8 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How D11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · F · A

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

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