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September 1, 2013 By Richie Leave a Comment

Minor-major ninth chord

A minor/major ninth chord is composed using a root/1st, minor 3rd, perfect 5th, major 7th and major 9th (or R/1-♭3-5-7-9) intervals played simultaneously. Generally written as Cmi(MA9) or C-(maj9), it is good practice to simply use an uppercase C, the lowercase letters mi followed by super scripted uppercase (MA9) to represent it in writing (ie: Cmi(MA9)).


Minor/major ninth chord profile

Intervals root/1st, minor 3rd, perfect 5th, major 7th, major 9th or R/1-♭3-5-7-9
Stability Dissonant, unresolved
Grouping class Pentad
Common names (examples in C) Cmi(MA7), C-(maj9), C-(maj9)


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Audio sample(s)

C Minor/major ninth chord voicing #4 http://guitar.ricmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/minor-major-ninth-chord/c-minor-major-ninth-chord-voicing-4.mp3




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