Gm9

G1B♭♭3D5F♭7A9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

300066

easy

Fig. 3

300331

moderate

Fig. 4

300363

moderate

Fig. 5

300365

moderate

Fig. 6

300366

moderate

What is true of it

Gm9 is G, B♭, D, F and A — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from G.

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 300066: 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.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gm9/B♭

600063

second inversion

Gm9/D

x50365

third inversion

Gm9/F

100333

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.

G in other shapes

Gadd9added ninth G9dominant ninth Gmaj9major ninth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

Cm9 C♯m9 D♭m9 Dm9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Em9 Fm9 all 374