Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D9♯5D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

Dtone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

D9♯5 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 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 9 11 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (x 17 16 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (22 19 20 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

D9♯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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 5 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 9 11 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 10 11 11 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 11 x 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 11 11 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (x 17 16 17 17 18) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (22 19 20 19 19 20) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How D9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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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+9 D+7(add9)

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