Jazzity

Chord

Db Major 6/9

  • Db6/9
  • Db69
  • Dbmaj6/9
  • DbM6/9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3Fm3Ab2Bb4Eb
Extends
Db Major 6

Db Major 6/9, written Db6/9, is built from Db, F, Ab, Bb and Eb: the root, major 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 6th, F and Bb, 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 Pentatonic

    Db Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Db Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major

    Db Lydian

Voicings All 8