D aug7b9 Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro
Play D aug7b9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D aug7b9 chord is an augmented chord with a raised fifth that creates restless, unresolved tension. It is built from the notes D, D#, F#, A#, C. This page shows how to play D aug7b9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 1 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. D falls on the B string. It sounds from F#3 up to A#4.
Puerto Rican Cuatro is strung in five courses of two, the lower two paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
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.