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

DM6(add9)D Major 6th Added 9th

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G♯tone
Btone
C♯tone
F♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 3  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯ · F♯

How to play it

DM6(add9) 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 Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 3 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 8 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

DM6(add9) 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 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 3 5 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 8 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 8 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
D Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 8 10 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How DM6(add9) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
warmsmoothoptimistic
Genres
jazzpopbossa nova
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 3
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