D maj9 Chord on Requinto Guitar
Play D maj9 on Requinto Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D maj9 chord is a major extended chord that stacks ninths, elevenths, or thirteenths over a major-seventh foundation for a rich, jazzy color. It is built from the notes D, E, F#, A, C#. This page shows how to play D maj9 on Requinto Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The D string rings open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2 over a 3-fret stretch. The A string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. The root is the D string itself. It sounds from D3 up to C#5.
Requinto Guitar is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on requinto — 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.