Space plays and stops
- Notes and intervals
- CM3Em3GM3Bm3D
- Extends
- Major 7
C Major 9, written Cmaj9, is built from C, E, G, B and D: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.
Its 3rd and 7th, E and B, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.