Chord

Db Dominant 9

  • Db9
  • Dbdom9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3Fm3Abm3CbM3Eb
Extends
Db Dominant 7

Db Dominant 9, written Db9, is built from Db, F, Ab, Cb and Eb: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, F and Cb, 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. G7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Db9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    Db Mixolydian

  2. Mode of Dominant Bebop

    Db Dominant Bebop

    The dominant bebop scale adds a major 7th passing tone to the Mixolydian mode, so that ...

  3. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Db Lydian Dominant

Voicings All 8