GmMaj9 guitar chord
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About GmMaj9 — 1st inversion
GmMaj9 is G, Bb, D, F# and A. It keeps every note of and adds the .
GmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: GmMaj9 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 GmM9, Gm(maj9) or G-Δ9.
What 1st inversion means
GmMaj9 in 1st inversion puts Bb in the bass instead of G, 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 GmMaj9’s 9 shapes does this:xx8775
How to use GmMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on GmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of G minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over GmMaj9
Useful scales
- +CEb
Contains GmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +CE
Contains GmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near GmMaj9
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