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D69 Piano Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand D3 fingers 5
Right hand F#4 · B4 · E5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the D69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play D3 with the left hand and F#4, B4 and E5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth A can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Notation for D69 chord

Other names: D 6/9, D sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: D 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in D69 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A Perfect 5th
H Major 6th
E Major 9th

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The same chord type in other keys

Songs using D69

iloveyou /I Love You/
Realita