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D♯7♯9
D♯ – F♯♯ – A♯ – C♯ – E♯♯
Formula:R-M3-P5-m7-A9
Intervals:P1-M3-P5-m7-A9
Scale Degrees:1-3-5-b7-#9
Introduction
The D# 7♯9 chord in root position on a piano keyboard, notes D#, G, A#, C#, F#.
The D♯ 7♯9 chord is a five-note chord made up of D♯, F♯♯, A♯, C♯, and E♯♯. It is built from a root, major third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, and augmented ninth.
Notes
Notes:D♯ – F♯♯ – A♯ – C♯ – E♯♯
Key Signature
The key of D# 7♯9 (enharmonically equivalent to Eb 7♯9) has 3 flats.
B♭E♭A♭
Order of flats
Flats are added in a fixed order — the reverse of the sharp order. Each new flat key adds the next flat on the list.
B♭E♭A♭D♭G♭C♭F♭
Mnemonic:Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father
Chords in the Key of D♯ Major
These are the diatonic triads built on each degree of the D♯ major scale:
The D♯ 7♯9 is built by stacking intervals from the root note. The formula R-M3-P5-m7-A9 describes the scale degrees used. The intervals P1-M3-P5-m7-A9 show the distance between each note in the chord.
Keep going with the 7♯9 chord — these pages cover the underlying theory, the connected reference material, and the practice tools that work with this chord.
