D 7b9 Chord on Mandola
Play D 7b9 on Mandola: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D 7b9 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, Eb, F#, A, C. This page shows how to play D 7b9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The C and D courses ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 8 over a 2-fret stretch. The root is the D course itself. It sounds from C3 up to F#5.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, 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.