Chord

Db Major 9

  • Dbmaj9
  • DbM9
  • DbΔ9
  • Dbmajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3Fm3AbM3Cm3Eb
Extends
Db Major 7

Db Major 9, written Dbmaj9, is built from Db, F, Ab, C and Eb: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 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

    Db Ionian

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

  2. Mode of Major

    Db Lydian

Voicings All 8