Chord

Minor 9

  • min9
  • m9
  • -9
  • minor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Cm3EbM3Gm3BbM3D
Extends
Minor 7

C Minor 9, written Cm9, is built from C, Eb, G, Bb and D: the root, minor 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Eb and Bb, 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.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    C Dorian

  2. Mode of Major

    C Aeolian

Voicings All 10