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Chord of the week - Minor 9th grips
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This week, I'm going to show you a couple of tasty minor 9th chord grips. We're going to use A as our root, but as always, these chords are movable, so practice them up and down the neck!
Chord Intervals
Start with your minor triad:
A = Root (R)
C = flat third (b3)
E = fifth (5)
To this minor triad we'll add the flat seventh (b7) and the ninth (9th) intervals.
G = flat seventh (b7)
B = ninth (9)
Now that we have the tones for a minor ninth chord, it is common practice to omit some of these tones for more economical grips, especially when playing in a band.
To demonstrate this concept, I'm going to show you a 6 string barre chord minor 9th and a 4 string grip that allows for more chicken grease in your playing.
Play the first chord, the Am9 barre chord, nice and full sounding. Try playing it as an arpeggio or with a finger style pattern. Very nice.
The second chord, if you noticed, is nearly the same grip. However, I left out the low A and E notes. This grip is much easier to grab and allows you to slide into the chord when playing rhythm guitar. Try sliding into the A minor 9th from the 4th fret (Ab minor 9th) to see how this sounds. Try a funky style rhythm with some chicken scratch, ala Jimmy Nolen, to get the cool sounds out of this one.
Bonus Points
The second grip contains the exact notes for a specific major 7th chord. Can anyone tell me what that major seventh chord is?
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This week, I'm going to show you a couple of tasty minor 9th chord grips. We're going to use A as our root, but as always, these chords are movable, so practice them up and down the neck!
Chord Intervals
Start with your minor triad:
A = Root (R)
C = flat third (b3)
E = fifth (5)
To this minor triad we'll add the flat seventh (b7) and the ninth (9th) intervals.
G = flat seventh (b7)
B = ninth (9)
Now that we have the tones for a minor ninth chord, it is common practice to omit some of these tones for more economical grips, especially when playing in a band.
To demonstrate this concept, I'm going to show you a 6 string barre chord minor 9th and a 4 string grip that allows for more chicken grease in your playing.
Play the first chord, the Am9 barre chord, nice and full sounding. Try playing it as an arpeggio or with a finger style pattern. Very nice.
The second chord, if you noticed, is nearly the same grip. However, I left out the low A and E notes. This grip is much easier to grab and allows you to slide into the chord when playing rhythm guitar. Try sliding into the A minor 9th from the 4th fret (Ab minor 9th) to see how this sounds. Try a funky style rhythm with some chicken scratch, ala Jimmy Nolen, to get the cool sounds out of this one.
Bonus Points
The second grip contains the exact notes for a specific major 7th chord. Can anyone tell me what that major seventh chord is?
guitar "guitar lessons" "Chords" "Chord of the Week" "triads" "E minor" minor 6" 11" add 9" "Iron Man" "Power Chords" "chord grips"
it it a C7 chord?
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