Ninths
G major 9th chord
Rich and dreamy; the major 7th extended with a 9th.
- Notes
- GBDF♯A
- Formula
- 13579
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · major 7th · major 9th
How to play Gmaj9
About the G major 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, Gmaj9 is one of the friendlier shapes: 300002 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring.
On piano, Gmaj9 has one black key (F♯) 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 Gmaj9 shape is 2222, with the index finger barring all four strings at the 2nd fret. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
