Chord

Cb Major 6/9

  • Cb6/9
  • Cb69
  • Cbmaj6/9
  • CbM6/9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
CbM3Ebm3Gb2Ab4Db
Extends
Cb Major 6

Cb Major 6/9, written Cb6/9, is built from Cb, Eb, Gb, Ab and Db: the root, major 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 6th, Eb and Ab, 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 Pentatonic

    Cb Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Cb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major

    Cb Lydian

Voicings All 8