Chord

D Minor 9

  • Dmin9
  • Dm9
  • D-9
  • Dminor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Dm3FM3Am3CM3E
Extends
D Minor 7

D Minor 9, written Dm9, is built from D, F, A, C and E: the root, minor 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 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.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    D Dorian

  2. Mode of Major

    D Aeolian

Voicings All 10