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

Dm9♭5D Minor 9th Flat 5th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

Dm9♭5 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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 12 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 12 12 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 6 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 12 12 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 12 13 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 12 12 x 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Dm9♭5 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · D · F♯

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

Same notes asDø9 Dø7(add9)

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