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

DM9sus4D Major 9th Suspended 4th

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F♯tone

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

How to play it

DM9sus4 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 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 3 3 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 9 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

DM9sus4 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 Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 3 3 1 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 x 8 8 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 9 8 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How DM9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedlush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · A · B · D♯ · F♯

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

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