Dm9

D1F♭3A5C♭7E9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x53530

hard · no 5

Fig. 3

x53550

hard · no 5

Fig. 4

acaaac

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

x53560

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

x5355x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

Dm9 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 x53530: 4 fingers, held at the 3rd 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.

It leaves out the 5. 6 strings cannot carry 5 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

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

Dm9/F

100210

second inversion

Dm9/A

503530

third inversion

Dm9/C

x33230

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 Dmaj9major ninth Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

Cm9 C♯m9 D♭m9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Em9 Fm9 F♯m9 all 374