BbmMaj9 guitar chord

1st inversion · Db in the bass
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About BbmMaj9 — 1st inversion

BbmMaj9 is Bb, Db, F, A and C. It keeps every note of and adds the .

BbmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: BbmMaj9 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 BbmM9, Bbm(maj9) or Bb-Δ9.

BbmMaj9 1st inversion guitar chord diagram: Bb, Db, F, A, C, played x-x-11-10-10-8
BbmMaj9 1st inversion guitar chord voicing: x-x-11-10-10-8.

What 1st inversion means

BbmMaj9 in 1st inversion puts Db in the bass instead of Bb, 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 BbmMaj9’s 7 shapes does this:x-x-11-10-10-8

How to use BbmMaj9

How you get to it. The turn that lands on BbmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of Bb minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.

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