AmMaj9 guitar chord
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About AmMaj9 — 1st inversion
AmMaj9 is A, C, E, G# and B. It keeps every note of and adds the .
AmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: AmMaj9 uses , while uses the flat 7th.
Choose between them by the seventh under a held 9th. The minor 3rd remains in both chords.
Also written AmM9, Am(maj9) or A-Δ9.
What 1st inversion means
AmMaj9 in 1st inversion puts C in the bass instead of A, the 3rd of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
One of AmMaj9’s 9 shapes does this:x-x-10-9-9-7
How to use AmMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on AmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of A minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over AmMaj9
Useful scales
- +DF
Contains AmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +DF#
Contains AmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near AmMaj9
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.