How to Play Piano Chord: D six-nine — root | PianoKitty

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D6/9

root position

D six-nine

root position

Notes

D, F♯, A, B, E

Parent major scale: D

The notes of the D major scale are:

#	Note	Function
1	D	root
2	E	second
3	F♯	third
4	G	fourth
5	A	fifth
6	B	sixth
7	C♯	seventh
8	D	octave
9	E	ninth

Major scale pattern

The semitone pattern for a major scale is:

WWHWWWH

where:

W = Whole step (2 semitones)
H = Half step (1 semitone)

six-nine chord pattern

1, 3, 5, 6, 9

root	D
third	F♯
fifth	A
sixth	B
ninth	E

Similar chords

D major 6 with a perfect 4th added on top (5 semitones)
D minor six-nine with flattened third
D dominant 9 with raised seventh

Upper structures

D major + Dsus2 (notes overlap)

Practice the six-nine chords Practice all inversions of D6/9

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