Minor family
D♭ minor added ninth chord
D♭m(add9)D♭ minor added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D♭1
- ♭2
- E♭9
- F♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- A♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D♭ Root
- F♭ Minor 3rd
- A♭ Perfect 5th
- E♭ Major 9th
About this chord
What is a D♭ minor added ninth chord?
D♭m(add9) is built from 4 notes: D♭ (the root), F♭ (the ♭3), A♭ (the 5), E♭ (the 9). Minor with a ninth: wistful and wide.
- Notes
- D♭ · F♭ · A♭ · E♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 9
- Also written
- D♭madd9 · D♭m(add2)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain D♭m(add9)
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