Guitar chord · Ninths
D♭ dominant 7th sharp 9 chord on guitar
x43400 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♭7♯9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
The “Hendrix chord” — gritty, with major and minor 3rds clashing.
- Notes
- D♭FA♭C♭E
- Formula
- 135♭7♯9
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · augmented 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 4th fret, middle finger (2) D♭
- 4th string (D): 3rd fret, index finger (1) F
- 3rd string (G): 4th fret, ring finger (3) C♭
- 2nd string (B): play open C♭
- 1st string (high E): play open E
Tablature
e|--0---| B|--0---| G|--4---| D|--3---| A|--4---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♭7♯9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing D♭7♯9 on guitar
On guitar, D♭7♯9 has an open-position shape, x43400, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
Notice the C♭ in D♭7♯9 (D♭ F A♭ C♭ E): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A–C–E), so the minor 7th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
