Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

DM♭9D Major Flat 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Ftone

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

How to play it

DM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 0 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 0 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 4 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 4 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 7 4 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 x 8 7 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 0 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 0 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 4 2 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 4 2 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 x 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 7 4 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 x 8 7 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How DM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · F

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

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