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D♭ Minor Add 9

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The D♭ Minor Add 9 chord contains the notes D♭, E♭, F♭, and A♭.

Notes: D♭, E♭, F♭, A♭ · Piano keys: D♭ E♭ F♭ A♭

Reviewed for accuracy · Last updated July 2026 · Maintained by Justin Evans

C♯ Minor Add 9
This is the same chord as C♯ Minor Add 9 — the same keys on the keyboard, spelled with sharps.
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D♭
D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – A♭

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Introduction

The D♭ Minor Add 9 chord is a four-note chord made up of D♭, E♭, F♭, and A♭.

Notes

Notes:D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – A♭

Key Signature

A chord has no key signature of its own, but the D♭ Minor Add 9 is the tonic (i) chord of Db Minor, which shares the signature of its relative major, E Major4 sharps (F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

F♯C♯G♯D♯

Order of sharps

Sharps are added to a key signature in a fixed order. Each new sharp key adds the next sharp on the list.

FCGDAEB

Mnemonic: Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

Chords in the Key of D♭ Minor

These are the triads built on each degree of the D♭ minor scale:

C1C2C3C4EC5C6C7C8C#G#
iD♭ Minor (minor)
DegreeNumeralChordQuality
1iD♭ MinorMinor
2ii°E♭ DiminishedDiminished
3IIIE MajorMajor
4ivG♭ MinorMinor
5vA♭ MinorMinor
6VIA MajorMajor
7VIIB MajorMajor

D♭ Minor Add 9 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the D♭ Minor Add 9 chord on piano?
The D♭ Minor Add 9 chord contains the notes D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – A♭. On piano, play these notes together to sound the chord.

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References & Further Reading

The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this chord page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data reflects piano.org's own interval-derived dataset.

  1. 1

    Jadassohn, Salomon(1883)

    A Manual of Harmony

    Public domain treatise
  2. 2

    Prout, Ebenezer(1889)

    Harmony: Its Theory and Practice

    Public domain treatise
  3. 3

    Debussy, Claude(1905)

    Suite bergamasque — "Clair de lune" (D♭ major)

    Public domain score
  4. 4

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