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Dominant 9th ♯5 Chords on Piano

The dominant 9th ♯5 chord raises the fifth of a dominant 9th, creating a lush augmented-dominant voicing with the added color of the ninth. It appears in jazz ballads and Wayne Shorter-style compositions where augmented harmony creates a dreamlike, floating quality over dominant function.

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Formula: Root – Major 3rd – Augmented 5th – Minor 7th – Major 9th

Scale degrees: 1–3–♯5–♭7–9

Sound: Lush, augmented, dreamy, Wayne Shorter

Symbol: 9♯5 (C9♯5)

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All 18 spellings, ♯ and ♭ keys listed separately.

Dominant 9th ♯5 Chord in All 18 Keys

C Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: C – E – G♯ – B♭ – D

C♯ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: C♯ – E♯ – G♯♯ – B – D♯

D♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: D♭ – F – A – C♭ – E♭

D Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: D – F♯ – A♯ – C – E

D♯ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: D♯ – F♯♯ – A♯♯ – C♯ – E♯

E♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: E♭ – G – B – D♭ – F

E Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: E – G♯ – B♯ – D – F♯

F Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: F – A – C♯ – E♭ – G

F♯ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: F♯ – A♯ – C♯♯ – E – G♯

G♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: G♭ – B♭ – D – F♭ – A♭

G Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: G – B – D♯ – F – A

G♯ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: G♯ – B♯ – D♯♯ – F♯ – A♯

A♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: A♭ – C – E – G♭ – B♭

A Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: A – C♯ – E♯ – G – B

A♯ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: A♯ – C♯♯ – E♯♯ – G♯ – B♯

B♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: B♭ – D – F♯ – A♭ – C

B Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: B – D♯ – F♯♯ – A – C♯

C♭ Dominant 9th ♯5 ChordNotes: C♭ – E♭ – G – B♭♭ – D♭