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D7alt chord

D Altered Dominant

D7alt · Root

1D43F#4b7C5b9Eb5#9E#5b13Bb5
C41b7C5#9C63b9b13

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Notes

D – F♯ – C – E♭ – E♯ – B♭

Formula

1 – 3 – b7 – b9 – #9 – b13

Practice Note

The altered dominant draws on the altered scale, whose tensions include b9, #9, #11, and b13 over a dominant. This representative formula is 1, 3, b7, b9, #9, b13; pianists often omit the root when a bassist supplies it.

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D7 · SimplerD7#9 · SiblingD7b9 · SiblingD7#9#5 · Close relativeGm · Resolves toAm7b5 · ii in minor

About D7alt

The D7alt chord sounds distinctive, with a altered dominant character. Its notes are D, F#, C, Eb, E#, Bb. This chord is commonly heard in jazz.

Jazz
All D chords (61)

Triads

D — MajorDm — MinorDdim — DiminishedDaug — AugmentedDsus2 — Suspended 2ndDsus4 — Suspended 4thD5 — Power Chord

7ths

D7 — Dominant 7thDmaj7 — Major 7thDm7 — Minor 7thDm7#5 — Minor 7th Sharp 5Ddim7 — Diminished 7thDm7b5 — Half-Diminished 7thD6 — Major 6thDm6 — Minor 6thD7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4D7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

D9 — Dominant 9thDmaj9 — Major 9thDm9 — Minor 9thDadd9 — Add 9Dadd11 — Add 11Dadd2 — Add 2Dadd#11 — Add Sharp 11D11 — Dominant 11thD13 — Dominant 13thD6/9 — 6/9Dmaj13 — Major 13thDm(add2) — Minor Add 2Dm(add9) — Minor Add 9Dm(add11) — Minor Add 11DmMaj7 — Minor Major 7thDm11 — Minor 11thDm13 — Minor 13thDm6/9 — Minor 6/9D7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11D9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11D13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11D9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4D13sus4 — Dominant 13th Sus4Dmaj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11Dmaj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11DmMaj9 — Minor Major 9thDm9b5 — Half-Diminished 9th

Altered

D7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9D7b9#9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9 Sharp 9D13#9 — Dominant 13th Sharp 9D7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9D7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5D7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5D7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5D7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5D7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5D7sus4b9 — Dominant 7th Sus4 Flat 9D9#5 — Dominant 9th Sharp 5D9b5 — Dominant 9th Flat 5D13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9D7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13Daug7 — Augmented 7thDdim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thDaugMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th