BmMaj9 guitar chord
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About BmMaj9 — 3rd inversion
BmMaj9 is B, D, F#, A# and C#. It keeps every note of and adds the .
BmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: BmMaj9 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 BmM9, Bm(maj9) or B-Δ9.
What 3rd inversion means
BmMaj9 in 3rd inversion puts A# in the bass instead of B, the 7th 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 BmMaj9’s 8 shapes does this:xx8779
How to use BmMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on BmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of B minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over BmMaj9
Useful scales
- +EG
Contains BmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +EG#
Contains BmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near BmMaj9
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