Dominant 7th b5b9 piano chords can help us to introduce a strong dissonance into our music and can help to add a depth of harmonic complexity & lushness to our music. Because of the combined sound of the b5 and b9 notes, dominant 7th b5b9 chords are most commonly used in minor keys or for helping us transition into minor chords.
D# DOMINANT 7TH b5b9 CHORD(D#7 b5b9)
D#7 b5b9 piano chord - Basic theory
The D# dominant 7th b5b9 chord is made up of the 1-3-b5-b7-b9 notes from the D# major scale but another way to think about this chord is to think that we are playing an A major triad over the first two notes of a D# major triad. This type of thinking can also help to give us some added flexibility, so that we can create a variety of different chord voicings.
D# MAJOR SCALE (WITH EXTENSIONS)
D# DOMINANT 7TH b5b9 CHORD(D#7 b5b9)
Learn more altered piano chords
For those wishing to learn altered piano chords, it is normally a good idea to take whatever time you need to learn the most common types of altered chords. Once you have learnt the most popular altered chords, the next step will be to start learning about how to use these altered chords in your chord progressions & music.