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Fig. 1 · Dbadd9 on the keyboard

piano chord

D♭add9

D♭1F3A♭5E♭9

A major triad with a ninth added and no seventh — which is what tells it apart from a ninth chord.

Written the other way round it is C♯add9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

D♭add9 is D♭, F, A♭ and E♭ — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from D♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

D♭ in other shapes

D♭9dominant ninthD♭maj9major ninthD♭m9minor ninthD♭majorD♭mminorD♭dimdiminished

Cadd9Dadd9D♯add9E♭add9Eadd9Fadd9F♯add9G♭add9all 374