What notes are in the D# madd4 chord?

The D# madd4 chord contains the notes D# · F# · G# · A#: the root D# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally D#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the D# madd4 chord?

Measured from D#, the D# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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 D# madd4 chord?

On guitar the most common D# madd4 shape is x64344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play D#3 · F#3 · G#3 · A#3 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.

D# Madd4 Chord (D#madd4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	D#3 · F#3 · G#3 · A#3
Open (drop 2)	G#2 · D#3 · F#3 · A#3

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

D# madd4 (D#madd4) contains the notes D# · F# · G# · A#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of D# madd4 puts a chord tone other than D# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales D# madd4 belongs to.

In which keys

D# madd4 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majoriiiadd4Tonic
G# minorvadd4Dominant
F# majorviadd4Tonic
D# minoriadd4Tonic
Db majoriiadd4Subdominant
Bb minorivadd4Subdominant

Scales that contain it

D# madd4 fits inside these scales, each built on D#.

D# Minor PentatonicD# · F# · G# · A# · C#
D# Minor BluesD# · F# · G# · A · A# · C#
D# MinorD# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B · C#
D# DorianD# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B# · C#
D# PhrygianD# · E · F# · G# · A# · B · C#
D# Vietnamese 1D# · F# · G# · A# · B
D# Minor Sixth PentatonicD# · F# · G# · A# · B#
D# Dorian b2D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B# · C#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with D# madd4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

D#sus4D# · G# · A#
D#mD# · F# · A#
D#5D# · A#

Richer

D#m11D# · F# · A# · C# · E# · G#
D#m7add11D# · F# · A# · C# · G#

madd4 on every root

Cmadd4 C#madd4 Dbmadd4 Dmadd4 Ebmadd4 Emadd4 Fmadd4 F#madd4 Gmadd4 G#madd4 Abmadd4 Amadd4 A#madd4 Bbmadd4 Bmadd4

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Understanding the D# madd4 chord

Names and symbols

D#madd4 is the chord symbol for D# madd4.

D# madd4 and Eb madd4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Eb madd4

Common questions

What notes are in the D# madd4 chord?: The D# madd4 chord contains the notes D# · F# · G# · A#: the root D# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally D#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the D# madd4 chord?: Measured from D#, the D# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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 D# madd4 chord?: On guitar the most common D# madd4 shape is x64344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play D#3 · F#3 · G#3 · A#3 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.