D♯6/9 / E♭6/9

5-note six-nine on D♯ / E♭D♯, F, G, A♯, C.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

Major triad plus the sixth and the ninth — a lush, stable voicing beloved of jazz endings.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1D♯root
9Fninth
3Gmajor third
5A♯perfect fifth
6Cmajor sixth

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D♯): 1, 9, 3, 5, 6. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

234
open position
2
open position
5fr21134
from fret 5
10fr211134
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 4

12
open position
3fr1311
from fret 3
5fr1324
from fret 5
8fr2314
from fret 8

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D♯ / E♭ chords

6/9 chords on every root