12/26/2023 0 Comments Notea that make up 9th and 11th chords![]() Then go through all the 12 minor chords, inverting each one up and down the keyboard - hands alone, then hands together. Go through all 12 major chords, inverting every one. Play them with your left hand, then play them with your right hand. Play each 9th chord in root position, then 1st inversion, then 2nd inversion, then in 3rd inversion (the 7th will be the lowest note of the chord) Play each chord up and down the keyboard for at least 2 octaves - maybe 3 octaves. So unless you have a very good reason to use a different inversion, I would stick with only one inversion for now.Īs usual, now it’s up to you. When you’re dealing with this many chords, it’s easy to get turned around and confused. The answer is “sure” - but if I were you I would master one inversion before trying to use several different ones. You may be wondering if you can play 9th chords in different inversions, like you can invert 6th and 7th chords. What we do is this: Get your left hand in 2nd inversion on the piano keyboard like this (we’ll use the C chord to illustrate): (And even if your hand is big enough to reach a 9th, you won’t have enough fingers to play an 11th or 13th! So you have to come up with a way to play those humungous chords, and this is the best way I’ve found - though not the only way.) I can’t reach all 5 keys, so I had to come up with another way to position the chord on the keyboard. What’s the problem with a 5 note piano chord? Nothing, except if your hand is small like mine. So: A 9th Piano Chord = Root 3rd 5th 7th 9thĪdd the 9th note of the scale to the 4-note 7th chord. Why don’t we call it a “2nd”, then, instead of a 9th? Because the chord has a 7th under the 9th, whereas a 2nd wouldn’t have a 7th under it. Today we’re going to learn 9th chords, and from now on we will be inverting the chords and using a 2-step process to play the piano chords.Ī 9th chord is made up of a root, a 3rd, a 5th, a 7th (not the maj7th - just the 7th) plus the 9th note of the scale, which of course is the same as the 2nd note of the scale, but an octave higher. That was the last of the piano chords you can play without doing some fancy manuvering. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the piano chords in the world - and we’re going to cover them ALL before we’re done - you’ll know more about piano chords than 99% of the people in the world - believe it or not, it’s true. Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. This will help you to learn chords with different Root notes.All The 9th Piano Chords Listen to the audio clip above to hear Duane explain! Shapes where there are no open notes can be moved chromatically up & down the fretboard. Multiple shapes of the same Root note have been laid out. (Please refer to the formula below for any clarification).īy leaving out the notes that dont define the character or technically alter the name of the chord, allows you to have a 4 note voicing for various comping patterns.ĭominant 13 - 1-3-5-7b-9-11-13(Notes that can be omitted - 5th & 9th & 11th)īelow are shapes for the above mentioned Chords. By not playing it in a Major 9, the chord would remain undefined, whether its a Dominant 9th or Major 9th. ![]() However if you would omit the 3rd degree, you would be leaving out an important note/degree that defines whether the chord is a Major or Minor. By omitting the 5th degree you are not really altering the chord technically. The best way to do this is to leave out notes that dont dont alter the inherent sound & character of the chord.įor eg - In a Maj9 chord the most important notes that give it its character are the the 1st, 3rd, 7th & 9th note. To make things playable in a practical situation you can choose to NOT play certain notes/degrees in the 9th-111th-13th chords. However, when you do play these superimposed chords, you will notice that it gets incredibly difficult to fret six to seven different notes together in one chord shape. When you add the D note to the Cm chord you get a Cm9 Chord!Īdding the 11th & 13th Note to the basic Chords will give you similar results. Effectively the notes in CMaj9 would beĬ-E-G-B-D which is the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & 9th Note of a C Major Scale. These chords are formed by simply adding the 9th-11th & 13th degree (Octave of 2nd, 4th & 6th degree) of a Major Scale to a Major, Minor, & all three 7th Chord(Viz - Major 7th, Minor 7th & DOminant 7th.)įor eg C Major 9 Chord is formed by adding the D note to the CMaj7 Chord. If you are looking to add some unusual flavors to your chord playing 9th-11th-13th Chords are something that will help you achieve that.
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