Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

D+9D Augmented 9th

ERoot
G♯tone
Ctone
Dtone
F♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3  ·  Notes E · G♯ · C · D · F♯

How to play it

D+9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 5 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 7 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 7 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 7 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

D+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 Augmented 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 5 6 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 0 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 7 0 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 4 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 6 8 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 7 8 8 9) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
D Augmented 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 7 8 x 9) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How D+9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3
Same notes asD+7(add9)D9♯5
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D+9 in other tunings:

StandardDrop DDrop COpen AOpen DOpen EOpen GOpen CDADGADHalf-Step Down

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