C#mMaj9 guitar chord
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About C#mMaj9 — 1st inversion
C#mMaj9 is C#, E, G#, B# and D#. It keeps every note of and adds the .
C#mMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: C#mMaj9 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 C#mM9, C#m(maj9) or C#-Δ9.
What 1st inversion means
C#mMaj9 in 1st inversion puts E in the bass instead of C#, 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 C#mMaj9’s 9 shapes does this:x-x-14-13-13-11
How to use C#mMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on C#mMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of C# minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over C#mMaj9
Useful scales
- +F#A
Contains C#mMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +F#A#
Contains C#mMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near C#mMaj9
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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.