Chord

D# Dominant #9

  • D#7#9
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Notes and intervals
D#M3F##m3A#m3C#4F#
Extends
D# Dominant 7

D# Dominant #9, written D#7#9, is built from D#, F##, A#, C# and F#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and sharp 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, F## and C#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. A7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for D#7#9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    D# Super Locrian

  2. Mode of Diminished

    D# Half-Whole

    The diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps to produce a symmetric scale...

Voicings All 8