Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

DM♯9D Major Sharp 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Gtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · G

How to play it

DM♯9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · 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 Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 x 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

DM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 x 0 4 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 x 4 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 4 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 x 4 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 0 4 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

D Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 5 4 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How DM♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 4

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