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.