D9 guitar chord
D 9. Notes: D F♯ A C E.01
BeginnerEasy shape
A-shape · fret 5 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 5. Place your first finger on fret 4 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 5, finger 2 (D)
- D fret 4, finger 1 (F♯)
- G fret 5, finger 3 (C)
- B fret 5, finger 4 (E)
- High E muted: don’t play it
02
HardHarder shape
E-shape · fret 10 · Full & movable
Root on the 6th string at fret 10. Set your first finger across fret 10 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E fret 10, finger 1 (D)
- A fret 12, finger 3 (A)
- D fret 10, finger 1 (C)
- G fret 11, finger 2 (F♯)
- B fret 10, finger 1 (A)
- High E fret 12, finger 4 (E)
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