Db9#5b13 Augmented

The Db9#5b13 chord is built from the notes Db – F – A – Cb – Eb – Bbb.

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Chord tones, one by one

DbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Db.

FThird

Major third

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

AFifth

Augmented fifth (♯5)

Eight semitones — a sharp fifth. Restless and dreamy, typical of augmented chords.

CbSeventh

Minor seventh (♭7)

Ten semitones — the dominant/minor seventh. Adds bluesy tension (7, m7).

EbExtension

Ninth (9)

A 9th — colorful extension a whole step above the octave.

BbbExtension

Flat thirteenth (♭13)

A ♭13 — dark altered tension over a dominant chord.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Whole tone scale; its characteristic note is the dreamy, suspended ♯5.

🎸 Genres

Impressionism · Film & TV scoring · Jazz

9#5b13 in every key

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