D 9b5 Chord on Guitalele
Play D 9b5 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D 9b5 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#, Ab, C. This page shows how to play D 9b5 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 5 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. D falls on the A string. It sounds from D3 up to E5.
Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
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.