D♭m9

D♭1F♭♭3A♭5C♭♭7E♭9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is C♯m9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x41100

easy

Fig. 3

x41400

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

x46440

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

x42440

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

x41420

hard · no 5

What is true of it

D♭m9 is D♭, F♭, A♭, C♭ and E♭ — 1, b3, 5, b7 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 x41100: 3 fingers, held at the 1st 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 of the 5 need a barre.

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

D♭m9/F♭

021100

second inversion

D♭m9/A♭

441100

third inversion

D♭m9/C♭

x21100

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

D♭add9added ninth D♭9dominant ninth D♭maj9major ninth D♭major D♭mminor D♭dimdiminished

Cm9 Dm9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Em9 Fm9 F♯m9 G♭m9 all 374