Cm9

C1E♭♭3G5B♭♭7D9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x30046

easy

Fig. 3

x30343

moderate

Fig. 4

x3034x

easy · no 5

Fig. 5

8a888a

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

x30346

hard · no 5

What is true of it

Cm9 is C, E♭, G, B♭ and D — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from C.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x30046: 3 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Cm9/E♭

x60046

second inversion

Cm9/G

310043

third inversion

Cm9/B♭

630043

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

C in other shapes

Cadd9added ninth C9dominant ninth Cmaj9major ninth Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

C♯m9 D♭m9 Dm9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Em9 Fm9 F♯m9 all 374