Minor 9th Chords

I love the sound of minor 9th chords. So how do you build one? Let’s look at the A minor scale first on both the treble staff and the keyboard…

The A minor 9th chord is built on the following degrees of the scale… 1,3,5,7,9. That’s A,C,E,G,B. Let’s see what that chord looks like on the treble staff and the piano keyboard…

You can build any minor 9th chord using this pattern. Until next time practice building your minor 9th chords!

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