Major family
D added ninth chord
Dadd9D added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 3 to 1 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- E9
- ♭3
- F♯3
- 4
- ♭5
- A5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D Root
- F♯ Major 3rd
- A Perfect 5th
- E Major 9th
About this chord
What is a D added ninth chord?
Dadd9 is built from 4 notes: D (the root), F♯ (the 3), A (the 5), E (the 9). A major triad with a shimmering ninth, without the seventh.
- Notes
- D · F♯ · A · E
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 9
- Also written
- Dadd2
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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