D 9 Chord on Banjolele
How to play the D 9 chord on Banjolele: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The D 9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes D, E, F#, A, C. This page shows how to play D 9 on Banjolele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the C and E strings open and takes the rest at fret 7, reaching across 3 frets. D falls on the G string. It sounds from C4 up to F#5.
It has a banjo head on a ukulele neck, which is why it cuts through where a wooden ukulele does not.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.