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D7b9 Guitar Chord

A dramatic, tense sound. Common in jazz and flamenco. The flat ninth creates a strong chromatic pull toward resolution. On guitar, the fifth is sometimes omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–5–4–2

How to play the D7b9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–5–4–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 5 · little finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Notation for D7b9 chord

Other names: D 7th flat 9

Music theory name: seventh flat nine chord

Common name: D 7b9 chord

Intervals and tones in D7b9 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A Perfect 5th
C Minor 7th
Eb Minor 9th

All Variations

Fret 2
X–X–0–5–4–2
Fret 4
X–5–4–5–4–5
Fret 5
X–6–0–5–7–5
Fret 8
10–9–10–8–X–X

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using D7b9

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Jiří Schelinger