Caddb9 Major

The Caddb9 chord is built from the notes C – E – G – Db.

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Chord tones, one by one

CRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — C.

EThird

Major third

Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).

GFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

DbExtension

Flat ninth (♭9)

A ♭9 — sharp, dissonant tension typical of altered dominant chords.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Double harmonic major (Byzantine) scale; its characteristic note is the ♭9 / ♭2.

🎸 Genres

Flamenco · Middle-Eastern · Klezmer · Neoclassical metal

addb9 in every key

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