FmMaj9 guitar chord

3rd inversion · E in the bass
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About FmMaj9

FmMaj9 is F, Ab, C, E and G. It keeps every note of and adds the .

FmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: FmMaj9 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 FmM9, Fm(maj9) or F-Δ9.

FmMaj9 guitar chord diagram: F, Ab, C, E, G, played xx2113
FmMaj9 guitar chord voicing: x-x-2-1-1-3.

How to use FmMaj9

How you get to it. The turn that lands on FmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of F minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.

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What to play over FmMaj9

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near FmMaj9

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Change one note

  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    Ab → A

    Raise the minor third to the major third.

    See Fmaj9 chord →
  • 1st inversion
    1st inversion
    E → D

    Replace the major seventh with the sixth.

    See Fm69 chord →
  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    E → Eb

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Fm9 chord →

Add a note

Minor chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

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