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

Dø11♭9D Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes E · G · A♯ · D · F · A

How to play it

Dø11♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 11 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 11 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Dø11♭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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 11 9 9 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 11 9 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Dø11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakhollow

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asDø♭9(add11)Do♭9(add11)

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