Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

DM7♭9D Major 7th Flat 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

DM7♭9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 1 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 4 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 4 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 4 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 7 6 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

DM7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 1 2 2 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 2 2 1) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 1 x 2 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 4 x 2 1) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 1 2 2 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 4 2 2 1) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 4 6 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

D Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 7 6 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How DM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F

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

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