Major family
D six-nine chord
D6/9D six-nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 4.
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
- B6
- ♭7
- 7
- D Root
- F♯ Major 3rd
- A Perfect 5th
- B Major 6th
- E Major 9th
About this chord
What is a D six-nine chord?
D6/9 is built from 5 notes: D (the root), F♯ (the 3), A (the 5), B (the 6), E (the 9). Warm and floating, a favourite final chord in jazz and bossa nova.
- Notes
- D · F♯ · A · B · E
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 9
- Also written
- D69
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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