Ninths
G minor 9th chord
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- GB♭DFA
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
How to play Gm9
About the G minor 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, Gm9 has an open-position shape, 300331, using four fingers alongside the open strings.
On piano, Gm9 has one black key (B♭) and four 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 Gm9 shape is 3210, using three fingers. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
