BbmMaj9 guitar chord
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About BbmMaj9 — 3rd 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.
What 3rd inversion means
BbmMaj9 in 3rd inversion puts A in the bass instead of Bb, 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 BbmMaj9’s 7 shapes does this:xx7668
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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What to play over BbmMaj9
Useful scales
- +EbGb
Contains BbmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +EbG
Contains BbmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near BbmMaj9
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