Ukulele chord · Ninths
D♯ major 9th chord on ukulele
0211 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♯maj9 on ukulele, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Rich and dreamy; the major 7th extended with a 9th.
- Notes
- D♯F𝄪A♯C𝄪E♯
- Formula
- 13579
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · major 7th · major 9th
Ukulele
Standard G C E A tuning · 6 voicings · G string on the left
How to play it · Open position
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 2 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 4th string (G): play open F𝄪
- 3rd string (C): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) C𝄪
- 2nd string (E): 1st fret, held by the barre E♯
- 1st string (A): 1st fret, held by the barre A♯
Tablature
A|--1---| E|--1---| C|--2---| G|--0---|
Top line is the A string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♯maj9 note on the ukulele neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing D♯maj9 on ukulele
On ukulele the usual D♯maj9 shape is 0211, with a small 2-string barre at the 1st fret. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
Notice the F𝄪 in D♯maj9 (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.
