Guitar chords · Add 9
D♭add9 chord on guitar (Dbadd9)
D♭add9 (D♭ add 9) has four notes: D♭, F, A♭ and E♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 9.
Shapes
How to play D♭add9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
D♭add9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 4
Notes and formula
What makes D♭add9 add 9
An add9 chord is a major chord with the 9th (the 2nd, an The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. up) added on top. Unlike a sus2, it keeps its 3rd, so it still sounds major, just brighter and more open.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd and the 9th make D♭add9 an add 9 chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- D♭Rroot
- F3essential
- A♭5optional
- E♭9essential
- D♭, the root
- Other chord tones
D♭add9 and C♯add9 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with D♭add9
D♭add9 belongs to six keys: G♭ major (Vadd9), D♭ major (Iadd9), A♭ major (IVadd9), E♭ minor (VIIadd9), B♭ minor (IIIadd9) and F minor (VIadd9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
D♭add9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps D♭add9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- D♭add9/F
D♭add9 with its 3rd, F, in the bass.
- D♭add9/A♭
D♭add9 with its 5th, A♭, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on C♯ / D♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D♭ major
- C♯m minor
- D♭7 dominant 7th
- D♭maj7 major 7th
- C♯m7 minor 7th
- D♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- D♭sus4 suspended 4th
- D♭6 major 6th
- C♯m6 minor 6th
- D♭9 dominant 9th
- D♭maj9 major 9th
- C♯m9 minor 9th
- D♭13 dominant 13th
- D♭maj13 major 13th
- C♯m11 minor 11th
- C♯° diminished
- C♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- C♯°7 diminished 7th
- D♭+ augmented
- D♭5 power chord
- D♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- C♯m(maj7) minor major 7th
- D♭6/9 six-nine
- C♯m(add9) minor add 9
- D♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
D♭add9, in short
- What notes are in the D♭add9 chord?
- D♭add9 (D♭ add 9) has four notes: D♭, F, A♭ and E♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5 and 9.
- How do you play D♭add9 on guitar?
- D♭add9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4.
- What key is D♭add9 in?
- D♭add9 belongs to six keys: G♭ major (Vadd9), D♭ major (Iadd9), A♭ major (IVadd9), E♭ minor (VIIadd9), B♭ minor (IIIadd9) and F minor (VIadd9).
- Is D♭add9 the same as C♯add9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. D♭add9 is the spelling in G♭ major, D♭ major, A♭ major, E♭ minor, B♭ minor and F minor; C♯add9 only in F♯ major, C♯ major, D♯ minor and A♯ minor.