Ninths
G dominant 9th chord
A dominant 7th with an added 9th — funky and full.
- Notes
- GBDFA
- Formula
- 135♭79
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
How to play G9
About the G dominant 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, G9 is one of the friendlier shapes: 300001 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring.
On piano, G9 sits entirely on white keys. In root position it spans more than an octave, so many pianists play the root with the left hand and the rest with the right.
On ukulele the usual G9 shape is 4210, using three fingers. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
