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Fig. 1 · Db9 on the keyboard

piano chord

D♭9

D♭1F3A♭5C♭♭7E♭9

A dominant seventh carrying a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is C♯9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

D♭9 is D♭, F, A♭, C♭ and E♭ — 1, 3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from D♭.

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

D♭ in other shapes

D♭add9added ninthD♭maj9major ninthD♭m9minor ninthD♭majorD♭mminorD♭dimdiminished

C9D9D♯9E♭9E9F9F♯9G♭9all 374