FmMaj9 guitar chord
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About FmMaj9 — 1st inversion
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.
What 1st inversion means
FmMaj9 in 1st inversion puts Ab in the bass instead of F, 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 FmMaj9’s 10 shapes does this:xx6553
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
- +BbDb
Contains FmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +BbD
Contains FmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near FmMaj9
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