About the D minor six nine chord
The D minor six nine chord is a D minor six nine built from D, F, A, B, E. It sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension.
Positions
(root position)
Notes and intervals
| 1 | D | Root |
| 2 | F | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | A | Perfect 5th |
| 4 | B | Major 6th |
| 5 | E | Major 9th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Other D chords
Simpler triads
Suspended
Sixths and sevenths
Extensions
Altered
Functional relationships
These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.
Relative major
The relative major uses the same notes and key signature, so it works as a brighter home base.
Parallel major
The parallel major keeps the same root note but raises the third, giving the same key a brighter, happier sound.
Dominant
The dominant is a fifth above the root, and it builds tension that pulls strongly back to this chord.
Subdominant
The subdominant is a fourth above the root (a fifth below), and it usually leads on to the dominant or back home.
Tritone substitution
The tritone substitution stands in for this chord's dominant with a dominant seventh a half step above the root, which slides down by a half step to resolve here.
