BmMaj9 guitar chord
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About BmMaj9 — root position
BmMaj9 is B, D, F#, A# and C#. It keeps every note of and adds the .
BmMaj9 and both contain the 9th. The difference is the 7th: BmMaj9 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 BmM9, Bm(maj9) or B-Δ9.
What root position means
BmMaj9 in root position puts B in the bass, which is the chord as it is spelled: the note it is named after underneath everything else.
4 of BmMaj9’s 8 shapes do this:x2032275860x75x676x-14-12-15-14-x
How to use BmMaj9
How you get to it. The turn that lands on BmMaj9 is to : the ii and the V of B minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over BmMaj9
Useful scales
- +EG
Contains BmMaj9 and adds eleventh and flat thirteenth.
- +EG#
Contains BmMaj9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near BmMaj9
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