Minor family
D minor ninth chord
Dm9D minor ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 3
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- E9
- F♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- A5
- ♯5
- 6
- C♭7
- 7
- D Root
- F Minor 3rd
- A Perfect 5th
- C Minor 7th
- E Major 9th
About this chord
What is a D minor ninth chord?
Dm9 is built from 5 notes: D (the root), F (the ♭3), A (the 5), C (the ♭7), E (the 9). The minor seventh with a ninth: deep, soft and modern.
- Notes
- D · F · A · C · E
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
- Also written
- Dmin9 · D-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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