Guitar chords · Dominant 7th sharp 9th
D♭7♯9 chord on guitar (Db7#9)
D♭7♯9 (D♭ A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: D♭, F, A♭, C♭ (played as B) 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, ♭7 and ♯9.
Shapes
How to play D♭7♯9
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♭7♯9 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 or the E shape at fret 9. 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
E shape · fret 9
Notes and formula
What makes D♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
A 7♯9 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with a raised 9th on top. The ♯9 sounds like a minor 3rd against the major 3rd, a deliberate clash; the chord is known as the Hendrix chord, at home in blues, funk and rock.
- 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, the ♭7th and the ♯9th make D♭7♯9 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- D♭Rroot
- F3essential
- A♭5optional
- C♭♭7essential
- E♯9essential
- D♭, the root
- Other chord tones
As a V chord, D♭7♯9 resolves to G♭ or, more often, G♭m: the V7♯9–i move.
D♭7♯9 and C♯7♯9 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♭7♯9
D♭7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (E) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in D♭ or as a V chord resolving to G♭.
Slash chords
D♭7♯9 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♭7♯9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- D♭7♯9/F
D♭7♯9 with its 3rd, F, in the bass.
- D♭7♯9/A♭
D♭7♯9 with its 5th, A♭, in the bass.
- D♭7♯9/C♭
D♭7♯9 with its ♭7th, C♭, 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♭add9 add 9
- 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
Questions
D♭7♯9, in short
- What notes are in the D♭7♯9 chord?
- D♭7♯9 (D♭ A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. sharp 9th) has five notes: D♭, F, A♭, C♭ (played as B) 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, ♭7 and ♯9.
- How do you play D♭7♯9 on guitar?
- D♭7♯9 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 or the E shape at fret 9.
- What key is D♭7♯9 in?
- D♭7♯9 fits no major or minor key: its ♯9 (E) rubs against the major 3rd on purpose. It is the sound of blues, funk and rock, played as the I chord of a blues in D♭ or as a V chord resolving to G♭.
- Is D♭7♯9 the same as C♯7♯9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. D♭7♯9 is the spelling in G♭ major and E♭ minor; C♯7♯9 in F♯ major, F♯ minor and D♯ minor.