DmMaj9 guitar chord

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About DmMaj9 — root position

DmMaj9 is D, F, A, C# and E. It keeps every note of and adds the .

DmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: DmMaj9 uses , while uses the flat 7th.

Choose between them by the seventh under a held 9th. The minor 3rd remains in both chords.

Also written DmM9, Dm(maj9) or D-Δ9.

DmMaj9 root position guitar chord diagram: D, F, A, C#, E, played x53650
DmMaj9 root position guitar chord voicing: x-5-3-6-5-0.

What root position means

DmMaj9 in root position puts D in the bass, which is the chord as it is spelled: the note it is named after underneath everything else.

3 of DmMaj9’s 9 shapes do this:x5365010-8-x-9-10-910-8-11-9-x-x

How to use DmMaj9

How you get to it. The turn that lands on DmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of D minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.

Hear it land:→→

What to play over DmMaj9

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near DmMaj9

Remove a note

Change one note

  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    F → F#

    Raise the minor third to the major third.

    See Dmaj9 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    C# → B

    Replace the major seventh with the sixth.

    See Dm69 chord →
  • C# → C

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Dm9 chord →

Minor chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

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