Chord

Db Dominant #9

  • Db7#9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3Fm3Abm3Cb4E
Extends
Db Dominant 7

Db Dominant #9, written Db7#9, is built from Db, F, Ab, Cb and E: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and sharp 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 Db7#9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    C# Super Locrian

  2. Mode of Diminished

    Db Half-Whole

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

Voicings All 8