Guitar chord · Ninths
D♯ dominant 7th sharp 9 chord on guitar
xx1022 · 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♯F𝄪A♯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): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): 1st fret, index finger (1) D♯
- 3rd string (G): play open F𝄪
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) C♯
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) E𝄪
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--2---| G|--0---| D|--1---| A|--x---| 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, xx1022, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
Notice the F𝄪 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 major 3rd has to be written F𝄪 rather than G — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
