Daug9

Daug9 is D, F#, A#, C and E, a augmented ninth. The shape this page opens on is written 232332, lowest string first.

Also written D9#5, D+9 or D9(#5). The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 9 common shapes for Daug9 on the guitar, and 20 derived voicings in 3 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 232332, x54556, x70576, 878778, 10-9-10-9-11-x, 10-x-10-11-11-0, 10-x-10-11-11-12, x-x-10-11-11-12, 14-15-14-15-15-14.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. Daug9 has x5455x, xx0576, 10-9-10-9-x-x, x-x-12-11-13-12, x5x576, 10-x-10-11-11-x.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Daug9 has xx2312, x3435x, xx4556, xx8978, x-9-10-9-11-x, x-x-10-11-11-12, x-x-14-15-13-14, x3x352.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Daug9 has 050576.

Tensions. A shell of Daug9, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (G#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.