Guitar chord · Ninths
D♯ minor 9th chord on guitar
11-13-11-11-11-13 · Barre · 11th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♯m9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- D♯F♯A♯C♯E♯
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 11th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 11th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 11th fret, held by the barre D♯
- 5th string (A): 13th fret, ring finger (3) A♯
- 4th string (D): 11th fret, held by the barre C♯
- 3rd string (G): 11th fret, held by the barre F♯
- 2nd string (B): 11th fret, held by the barre A♯
- 1st string (high E): 13th fret, pinky finger (4) E♯
Tablature
e|--13--| B|--11--| G|--11--| D|--11--| A|--13--| E|--11--|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♯m9 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♯m9 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play D♯m9 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 11th fret (11-13-11-11-11-13).
Notice the E♯ in D♯m9 (D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A–C–E), so the major 9th has to be written E♯ rather than F — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
