Dmaj9

D1F♯3A5C♯7E9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x54220

hard

Fig. 3

x54650

hard · no 5

Fig. 4

x54630

hard · no 5

Fig. 5

x54670

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

x5465x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

Dmaj9 is D, F♯, A, C♯ and E — 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x54220: 4 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dmaj9/F♯

200220

second inversion

Dmaj9/A

504630

third inversion

Dmaj9/C♯

x44230

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dadd9added ninth D9dominant ninth Dm9minor ninth Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

Cmaj9 C♯maj9 D♭maj9 D♯maj9 E♭maj9 Emaj9 Fmaj9 F♯maj9 all 374