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D flat seven flat five flat nine chord

About the D flat seven flat five flat nine chord

D flat seven flat five flat nine sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as a D dominant seventh flat five flat nine chord.

Its notes are D, F, G, C, and D. The intervals are a major third, a diminished fifth, a minor seventh, and a minor ninth.

Also called C sharp seven flat five flat nine, which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Inversions

D flat seven flat five flat nine (root position)

Notes and intervals

1D flatRoot
2FMajor 3rd
3GDiminished 5th
4C flatMinor 7th
5DMinor 9th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other D flat chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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D♭7♭5(♭9) chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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