Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D7♯9D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G

How to play it

D7♯9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 10 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 10 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

D7♯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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 5 6 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 10 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 7 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 10 10 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 10 10 10 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 11 10 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How D7♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4

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