What notes are in the Db m69 chord?

The Db m69 chord contains the notes Db · Fb · Ab · Bb · Eb: the root Db with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Db, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Db m69 chord?

Measured from Db, the Db m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the Db m69 chord?

On guitar the most common Db m69 shape is x42344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Db3 · Fb3 · Ab3 · Bb3 · Eb4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

Db M69 Chord (Dbm69): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Db3 · Fb3 · Ab3 · Bb3 · Eb4
Open (drop 2)	Bb2 · Db3 · Fb3 · Ab3 · Eb4
Shell	Db3 · Fb3 · Bb3
Rootless	Fb3 · Bb3 · Eb4

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Anatomy

Db m69 (Dbm69) contains the notes Db · Fb · Ab · Bb · Eb, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of Db m69 puts a chord tone other than Db in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Db m69 belongs to.

In which keys

Db m69 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majorii69Subdominant
G# minoriv69Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

Db m69 fits inside these scales, each built on Db.

Db Major BluesDb · Eb · Fb · F · Ab · Bb
Db Melodic MinorDb · Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · C
Db DorianDb · Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb
Db Dorian #4Db · Eb · Fb · G · Ab · Bb · Cb
Db Lydian DiminishedDb · Eb · Fb · G · Ab · Bb · C
Db Bebop MinorDb · Eb · Fb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Db m69: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Dbm6Db · Fb · Ab · Bb
Dbmadd9Db · Fb · Ab · Eb
DbmDb · Fb · Ab
Dbsus2Db · Eb · Ab
Db5Db · Ab

Richer

Dbm13Db · Fb · Ab · Cb · Eb · Bb

m69 on every root

Cm69 C#m69 Dm69 D#m69 Ebm69 Em69 Fm69 F#m69 Gm69 G#m69 Abm69 Am69 Bbm69 Bm69

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Understanding the Db m69 chord

Names and symbols

Dbm69 is the chord symbol for Db m69; it is also written Db-69.

6add9, 6/9 and 69 all mean the sixth chord with an added ninth; the slash in 6/9 is not a bass note.

Db m69 and C# m69 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. C# m69

Common questions

What notes are in the Db m69 chord?: The Db m69 chord contains the notes Db · Fb · Ab · Bb · Eb: the root Db with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Db, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Db m69 chord?: Measured from Db, the Db m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the Db m69 chord?: On guitar the most common Db m69 shape is x42344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Db3 · Fb3 · Ab3 · Bb3 · Eb4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.