John Mayer plays a beautiful AMaj9th in his song “emoji of a wave”. It goes open a string, 2nd fret D string, 4th fret G string, 2nd fret B string, 4th fret High E.
I'm 5 years into a classical music school and they've never taught us anything about maj6, 7 and 9 chords. Now i'll be able to use this not only for guitar but also in music production since you explain the theoretical part very clearly yet simply. Thanks alot. (P.S i really like your equipment! :D)
You break stuff down that most of us have been spending a ridiculous amount of time to understand. I rarely subscribe to people but you deserve all subscriptions possible. Peace!
I'm a full time instructor and I have the same bad habit of talking with my hands in-between chord shapes I'm teaching, I'm trying to get out of that bad habit and I would recommend you do the same, not everybody has the knowledge we do and we need to flip our instrument left handed to see how how the novice feels. Nevertheless you're a great teacher
Big reason why I dig "clarity" by mayer. Simple but awesome use of major 9 and major 6 chords. Another awesome lesson Sean. You explain things tremendously well
Hi i really like how casually you incorporate theory into these videos. It offers a lot of backbone to the lessons that isn't there in videos that just give you diagrams
Really nice! I was playing around and realized a couple things. Building a major 9 chord with the D string voicing pairs really well with the minor chord built off of the major third note (Em in the case of Cmaj9), and it also pairs well with a major chord built off of the fifth (G in the case of Cmaj9). Then I watched this video and realized that using the A string voicing demonstrated here, you can incorporate a really nice pairing between with the fourth chord as well (in this case Fmaj9). These chords work really well together and also create a nice effect if your key center is actually whatever note is the 5th as well. So like, using these same chords but from the key of G in this case. It creates an interesting and nice sounding resolution.
Just for sharing, we can also use the shape 1 of Major 9th as explained by Sean also on the 6th String i.e. Root on the low E String as an alternative of Root on the A String. For example considering the same C Maj 9 we can do a 8-7-9-7 fretting on the E A D and G String respectively. For pivoting we can use the ring finger on the Root on the 6th String, 8th Fret. Followed by the Index, Pinkie and Middle Fingers on the A, D and G Strings respectively. This makes the 1 4 5 Progression easier transitioning from the 6th String to the 5th String. Say the same example of C F G, we can use C Root Major 9 position on the Lower E String followed by F Major 9 [just below C] and G Major 9 on the 5th String [same voicing as Seans first version] Thank you Sean for making this informative tutorial which helps people to explore ideas with curiosity. Take care n stay blessed. \m/ :)
Thanks a million for making it so simpler Sean! I've seen your video for first time and found it most helping. Thank you so much! Keep up the great work... Cheers!!
Hey Sean, thank you for this video! And interestingly, your strumming/chording starting at 4:36 of the video reminded me of the Intro to "Tin Man" by America. They use a LOT of Major Sevenths in their songs, as you may know. David :)
another easy voicing for the Cmaj9* chord is using the 5th in place of the 3rd, thus creating a barre chord that you can slide across the frets. The fingering thus becomes X3453X (from high E-string to low-Estring) *the chord technically isn't Cmaj9, but Gmaj/C. The only note the two don't share is E (the 3rd in Cmaj) which is note that we choose to imply instead of G (the 5th in Cmaj). When played on guitar in a chord progression, the two voicings are interchangeable. I hope this helps someone.
Thanks , that is a nice alternative! I seem to prefer it not barre as an inside chord but full barre using all 6 strings and as you said you can slide it nicely! Actually , after a bit of practice the full barre version seems best!
In your major 6, minor 7, and major 9 chord videos you are wearing the Izod/hoody motif . There is a definite theme going here, it reminds me of a great old rock song "winter in my sole" :)
I find it funny how on the first shape for Cmaj9 if you don't hold the 7th, you get the 5th you didn't have, but it becomes a Cadd9 :>> i know it's obvious but I'm just saying
Sean you do very good tutorials, but for a blind guy like myself, sometimes is difficult to know what fret you saying, with what finger, so what I do sometimes is i try to listen and try to find a way how imagine it in my brain or in my mind to see what you’re saying, but if you can describe things a little bit better as far as what finger West Fred it’s a little difficult for me to capture everything but you’re a hell of a good instructor
Would be cool you walked up any one of the scales to demonstrate the major 9th (and add 9) along with the minor 9 or add 9 through the dominant chord and flat 5 or dimished or whatever goes with the 9th chord followed by a few different variety of 9th chord voicings
First time to see one of your videos… great lesson!!! On your C-9… with another guitarist, could the same thing be accomplished if one musician played a C and the other played the 7th and 9th??? Thank you!
hey sean im a big fan of your really educational videos but i have a question with that first voicing of a major 9 can you instead keep the fifth and imply a third? thanks
Well the 3rd can't really be 'implied' because that's what makes the chord either major or minor, so for the naming of the chord it's important BUT always try experimenting and see how it sounds. It may have a different name officially, but you could end up using a cool new sound.
@@seandaniel23 thanks for replying holy shit really grateful for your answer. i'll keep that in mind when playing these chords. keep up the good work my man!
and also the difference between the Maj9 and the Maj add 9...is the Maj9 holds more tension between the Maj7th and the root...but the add 9 relieves that tension by omitting the maj7th...
Guys please be advised the first voicing is actually a C9 (maj7). In order to make that a plain C9 is to get rid of your Pinky and bar the last three strings.
A simple way to add the G in the chord you are showing is play both the 6th and 5th string with your second finger. Some might say it's no longer a C chord as now the low string is a G and not a C. So call it an inverted chord if it makes you feel better :)
Hi Sean, what is the strumming pattern that you often use when demonstrating the chords. it sounds much better than just a single down stroke often seen.
What are some songs that use 9th chords which you recommend? I'm absolutely in love with how Bmaj9 sounds. Great tutorial! Easy to understand, even for a knucklehead like me.
Had to look up the A flat major 9 to play Starting Line by Cory Wong, that's a great one! ...but suffice it to say, I won't be playing it like Cory for years to come
Really informative Sean, very good lesson. I do notice that your camera sometimes goes out of focus, not that it's a big deal, but it can be a bit distracting at times. That said, I really do enjoy your videos. Keep them coming!
+buttsnax poopsplurger Yeah sorry about that, the focus of my camera setup is a direct correlation of how late I shoot a video and how little my brain is working at that time. Thanks for watching though, I'll get a handle on the camera thing :)
Thank you for this video. I've been trying for years to understand the difference between he 9 and the add 9. The answer is so simple and obvious in retrospect.
Am I missing something? In your voicing for the major 9 on the fourth string, you do not include the third degree. For example in the F major 9 you do not have an A. If the open second string is played, or when it is movable the bar is extended to the second string you would have an inversion of the chord.
Nope you're right. So to 'technically' fulfill the major 9 requisites you do need the 3rd degree. But on a guitar with only 6 strings, a 5 note chord can be really tough to find sometimes so with many chord voicings, certain notes will be implied. It's helpful but can also lead to a lot of confusion because two people can imply a different chord, both within their musical theory rights. However the voicings used in this video are pretty widely known to be representative of major 9 chords even though the 3rd is implied. Hope that made sense!
In my original comment where I mentioned the second string I meant the fifth string. I once read that if the guitar was invented today the sixth and fifth strings would be called the first and second strings.
I don't want to belabor the point, but I thought that the 3rd degree was was essential in a major chord so it was always included, while the 5th degree doesn't add much so it is frequently omitted.
Well if you have a root note and its 3rd is in the chord, the 2 gets bumped back regardless of pitch, chord are built on stacked 3rds (1-3-5-7-9) so that's what makes it a 9.
Very helpful video. I’m having trouble on all these chords on though. I know what major chords go with other major chords and I know what minor chords go with too. But when you start getting complex and add a 9th does that change anything? Does it change what chords you will be able to use?
+Krishna Prem When it comes to some of the extended chords, you can 'imply' certain notes and still call it by the name as if that note was in there. In that example it still 'sounds' like a major 7, so even though it doesn't have all the 'required' notes, you can get away with it :)
Yup 100%. In fact if you just take away the 9th note, it'll leave you with a major 7. And anytime you see a major 7 you can play a major 9 and vice versa.
In my Guitar Chords books there is only one position (the 12th fret) on the guitar where all the notes of the Cmaj9 can be played. If we can’t play all the notes of a chord, shouldn’t the name change, like Cmaj9 (no 3rd) or Cmaj9 (no root)?
Great Video! Question: If you take the 5th String rooted Major 7 chord shape and remove your pinky (on the 2nd string) you then remove the 3rd of the chord but add the 9th. So you are left with, root, 5th, 7th, and 9th. Is this still considered a proper Major 9 chord as the 3rd is totally omitted? Cheers!
It most of the extended chords u can leave 5th or the root, unless the 5th is altered, like if the 5th is flatened u can't replace it, because its important to the chord! But still u can ignore the root chord! That's all bro!
I'll take a stab at this. I think that even though they're the same note, the difference in octave actually makes a big difference in sound since it creates different intervals relative to the rest of the chord. Try it out on a keyboard. It also probably eliminates communication issues
+arvind030892 I'm not sure why but I've seen that when you play the chord with a 3rd, the 2nd is a 9, but when you "substitute" the 3nd for the 2nd (playing a chord with a 2nd but without a 3rd), then it becomes a sus2 chord
Because the intervals are relative to the tonic (ground note). You got a 3rd, 5th, 7th with respect to the lower octave tonic, so now you can't just change the tonic in the middle of finding a chord.
Isn't the second voicing a Fmaj7sus2 instead of the Fmaj9 because you replaced the 3rd with the 9th (actually the 2nd)?? so the second voicing from "Fmaj9" sounds differently because it is actually not a Major 9th chord
Dude honestly the first 30 seconds of this video helped me understand shit I've been trying to understand for years
BRO SAME GOES FOR ME!!!
You, sir, are one of the very few good guitar teachers I've found online.
+Edward Gonser thanks so much man!
Sean Daniel Yup!
Yeah I like how specific it is with no filler
John Mayer plays a beautiful AMaj9th in his song “emoji of a wave”.
It goes open a string, 2nd fret D string, 4th fret G string, 2nd fret B string, 4th fret High E.
Come on people, more support to this guy! He deserved it!
+Jonnah Smith Thanks!
I do give him cred's ..he is great explaining music with gusto.
But his voice is so annoying
@@ludaheracles7201 No it's not
@@legendfpv its a matter of opinion then
Unbelievable, been stuck on this subject for months and this just explained it in less than 10 mins. Incredible, subbed.
I'm 5 years into a classical music school and they've never taught us anything about maj6, 7 and 9 chords. Now i'll be able to use this not only for guitar but also in music production since you explain the theoretical part very clearly yet simply. Thanks alot. (P.S i really like your equipment! :D)
+Danijel Smolčić Happy to help! Chords are such an important way to think in terms of melody and harmony.
thanks Sean. the small snippets of different chords and how to use them and the redbone-like video series are really helping me. thanks much
So cool to hear! Keep on rocking it!
Thanks so much Sean! Your lessons are pure gold for any aspiring singer/ songwriter, or songwriter.
+Jeffrey Prokopowicz Thanks so much for reaching out and saying so!
You break stuff down that most of us have been spending a ridiculous amount of time to understand. I rarely subscribe to people but you deserve all subscriptions possible. Peace!
Welcome to the party!
I'm a full time instructor and I have the same bad habit of talking with my hands in-between chord shapes I'm teaching, I'm trying to get out of that bad habit and I would recommend you do the same, not everybody has the knowledge we do and we need to flip our instrument left handed to see how how the novice feels. Nevertheless you're a great teacher
Big reason why I dig "clarity" by mayer. Simple but awesome use of major 9 and major 6 chords. Another awesome lesson Sean. You explain things tremendously well
Thanks so much! Love me some John Mayer!
Hi i really like how casually you incorporate theory into these videos. It offers a lot of backbone to the lessons that isn't there in videos that just give you diagrams
Thanks so much for reaching out and saying so!
Really nice! I was playing around and realized a couple things. Building a major 9 chord with the D string voicing pairs really well with the minor chord built off of the major third note (Em in the case of Cmaj9), and it also pairs well with a major chord built off of the fifth (G in the case of Cmaj9). Then I watched this video and realized that using the A string voicing demonstrated here, you can incorporate a really nice pairing between with the fourth chord as well (in this case Fmaj9). These chords work really well together and also create a nice effect if your key center is actually whatever note is the 5th as well. So like, using these same chords but from the key of G in this case. It creates an interesting and nice sounding resolution.
Great addition to the vid!
Just for sharing, we can also use the shape 1 of Major 9th as explained by Sean also on the 6th String i.e. Root on the low E String as an alternative of Root on the A String.
For example considering the same C Maj 9 we can do a 8-7-9-7 fretting on the E A D and G String respectively. For pivoting we can use the ring finger on the Root on the 6th String, 8th Fret. Followed by the Index, Pinkie and Middle Fingers on the A, D and G Strings respectively.
This makes the 1 4 5 Progression easier transitioning from the 6th String to the 5th String.
Say the same example of C F G, we can use C Root Major 9 position on the Lower E String followed by F Major 9 [just below C] and G Major 9 on the 5th String [same voicing as Seans first version]
Thank you Sean for making this informative tutorial which helps people to explore ideas with curiosity.
Take care n stay blessed. \m/ :)
Thanks as always for adding to the convo!
Thanks bro it’s a great time to be alive wish I had RUclips when I was 10 years old
Thanks so much Kenneth!
Thanks a million for making it so simpler Sean! I've seen your video for first time and found it most helping. Thank you so much! Keep up the great work... Cheers!!
+Joel Mogera Happy to be of help! I'll keep em coming
Hey Sean, thank you for this video! And interestingly, your strumming/chording starting at 4:36 of the video reminded me of the Intro to "Tin Man" by America. They use a LOT of Major Sevenths in their songs, as you may know. David :)
you do a great job with these videos
+Matthew Voelker Thanks a lot. I'll keep em coming!
another easy voicing for the Cmaj9* chord is using the 5th in place of the 3rd, thus creating a barre chord that you can slide across the frets. The fingering thus becomes X3453X (from high E-string to low-Estring)
*the chord technically isn't Cmaj9, but Gmaj/C. The only note the two don't share is E (the 3rd in Cmaj) which is note that we choose to imply instead of G (the 5th in Cmaj).
When played on guitar in a chord progression, the two voicings are interchangeable.
I hope this helps someone.
Thanks , that is a nice alternative! I seem to prefer it not barre as an inside chord but full barre using all 6 strings and as you said you can slide it nicely! Actually , after a bit of practice the full barre version seems best!
Bro , in 5 min you haved saved me from a long time stress..You're a boss!!!
Happy to help!
Oh to have had the internet when I first took lessons. Great lesson and teacher! Thanks!
Awesome lesson! Made my morning thanks for this free knowledge.
The chord shape section was super helpful. Great video
In your major 6, minor 7, and major 9 chord videos you are wearing the Izod/hoody motif . There is a definite theme going here, it reminds me of a great old rock song "winter in my sole" :)
haha, gotta dress the part :)
Thanks for the great explanatory, i understand things clearly now. cheers mate
So great to hear!
I find it funny how on the first shape for Cmaj9 if you don't hold the 7th, you get the 5th you didn't have, but it becomes a Cadd9 :>> i know it's obvious but I'm just saying
Yeah it's kind of funny how those names work out.
quick and straight to the point! That's what I like to see! :)
I've played 9th chords before but now I understand how they work- thank you!
God bless you sir... beautifully explained
Thanks so much, gotta love those major 9 chords.
Sean you do very good tutorials, but for a blind guy like myself, sometimes is difficult to know what fret you saying, with what finger, so what I do sometimes is i try to listen and try to find a way how imagine it in my brain or in my mind to see what you’re saying, but if you can describe things a little bit better as far as what finger West Fred it’s a little difficult for me to capture everything but you’re a hell of a good instructor
great lesson mate, learned a lot from this. Thanks! :)
+Rob Veryard Happy to be of help, thanks for watching!
Would be cool you walked up any one of the scales to demonstrate the major 9th (and add 9) along with the minor 9 or add 9 through the dominant chord and flat 5 or dimished or whatever goes with the 9th chord followed by a few different variety of 9th chord voicings
Great feedback! Thanks for watching!
There's something really 90's about those chords like Toad the Wet Sprocket, Blur and The Sundays
Oh the nostalgia
First time to see one of your videos… great lesson!!!
On your C-9… with another guitarist, could the same thing be accomplished if one musician played a C and the other played the 7th and 9th???
Thank you!
Welcome to the party! You can definitely combine 2 different guitars to get the affect or feel of a 9 chord.
Exactly what I was looking for♥️
Alright this video is old, but I'm compelled to say that the C major 9 chord you play at 2:35 sounds like the song I'm Popular by Nada Surf.
Vintage.
hey sean im a big fan of your really educational videos but i have a question
with that first voicing of a major 9 can you instead keep the fifth and imply a third? thanks
Well the 3rd can't really be 'implied' because that's what makes the chord either major or minor, so for the naming of the chord it's important BUT always try experimenting and see how it sounds. It may have a different name officially, but you could end up using a cool new sound.
@@seandaniel23 thanks for replying holy shit really grateful for your answer. i'll keep that in mind when playing these chords. keep up the good work my man!
and also the difference between the Maj9 and the Maj add 9...is the Maj9 holds more tension between the Maj7th and the root...but the add 9 relieves that tension by omitting the maj7th...
Guys please be advised the first voicing is actually a C9 (maj7). In order to make that a plain C9 is to get rid of your Pinky and bar the last three strings.
very well explained and I would like to know about the #11.
can you do it for us?
I'll put it on the list!
I love add 9's and Sus2 chords... Great vid
+Mykal Anstrom thanks so much!
Thanks for this! Really helped a lot!
Fantastic lesson bro! Thanks man!
Happy to help!
A simple way to add the G in the chord you are showing is play both the 6th and 5th string with your second finger. Some might say it's no longer a C chord as now the low string is a G and not a C. So call it an inverted chord if it makes you feel better :)
2:24 "Sounds like" Bauhaus - All we ever wanted was everything.
brilliant song
Great video!
+Brock Thanks so much!
Hi Sean, what is the strumming pattern that you often use when demonstrating the chords. it sounds much better than just a single down stroke often seen.
You know I don't even know I do. I'll have to go back and check!
3:24 you say it doesn't sound great but it actually is an awesome chord if you know how to use it...and I use it a lot.
What are some songs that use 9th chords which you recommend? I'm absolutely in love with how Bmaj9 sounds.
Great tutorial! Easy to understand, even for a knucklehead like me.
Thanks! Honestly I don't know off the top of my head, I just throw them in whenever I play :)
Had to look up the A flat major 9 to play Starting Line by Cory Wong, that's a great one! ...but suffice it to say, I won't be playing it like Cory for years to come
Really informative Sean, very good lesson. I do notice that your camera sometimes goes out of focus, not that it's a big deal, but it can be a bit distracting at times. That said, I really do enjoy your videos. Keep them coming!
+buttsnax poopsplurger Yeah sorry about that, the focus of my camera setup is a direct correlation of how late I shoot a video and how little my brain is working at that time. Thanks for watching though, I'll get a handle on the camera thing :)
haha That's alright man. I look forward to seeing more of them.
Sean, that maj9 chord u showed with the root on the d string would be a maj7sus2 chord as it doesn't have the 3rd.
Thank you for this video. I've been trying for years to understand the difference between he 9 and the add 9. The answer is so simple and obvious in retrospect.
Happy to help!
Am I missing something? In your voicing for the major 9 on the fourth string, you do not include the third degree. For example in the F major 9 you do not have an A. If the open second string is played, or when it is movable the bar is extended to the second string you would have an inversion of the chord.
Nope you're right. So to 'technically' fulfill the major 9 requisites you do need the 3rd degree. But on a guitar with only 6 strings, a 5 note chord can be really tough to find sometimes so with many chord voicings, certain notes will be implied. It's helpful but can also lead to a lot of confusion because two people can imply a different chord, both within their musical theory rights. However the voicings used in this video are pretty widely known to be representative of major 9 chords even though the 3rd is implied. Hope that made sense!
In my original comment where I mentioned the second string I meant the fifth string. I once read that if the guitar was invented today the sixth and fifth strings would be called the first and second strings.
I don't want to belabor the point, but I thought that the 3rd degree was was essential in a major chord so it was always included, while the 5th degree doesn't add much so it is frequently omitted.
Douglas Jefferson you can do X36343 too which is kinda adding the 3rd back in
If we are rooted on the D string for the Gmajor 9 chord, isn't that A actually the 2 and not the 9 ? Halp ?? Does it matter?
Well if you have a root note and its 3rd is in the chord, the 2 gets bumped back regardless of pitch, chord are built on stacked 3rds (1-3-5-7-9) so that's what makes it a 9.
Great video, actually helpful
Really nice
+MrLegendarygeek Thanks for watching!
what does "implying" mean in simple terms? I mean I do get the part we hide the 5th note but what does it really mean?
These chords remind me of Steve Hacketts “the virgin and the gypsy”
Very good lesson , thanks! It seems the C9 is Cmaj7+9
a joke about 9 lives would have been too obvious, well played
Thanks so much!
Finally I understand that 9th thing :)
Great job bro!!
Thanks!🙌🏾💞
Very helpful video. I’m having trouble on all these chords on though. I know what major chords go with other major chords and I know what minor chords go with too. But when you start getting complex and add a 9th does that change anything? Does it change what chords you will be able to use?
Well you can add a 9 to any of the major chords in a key, but just try them out and see which ones you like best :)
Thanks man this helped a lot!
The F major 7 open voicing you showed us doesn't contain a 3rd it has only 1st 5th 7th and 9th. Why so?
+Krishna Prem When it comes to some of the extended chords, you can 'imply' certain notes and still call it by the name as if that note was in there. In that example it still 'sounds' like a major 7, so even though it doesn't have all the 'required' notes, you can get away with it :)
Really helpful man! Does this also apply on 7th chords?
Yup 100%. In fact if you just take away the 9th note, it'll leave you with a major 7. And anytime you see a major 7 you can play a major 9 and vice versa.
No John ,strictly speaking a 7th chord ie C7 has a flattened 7th note B flat in it,not natural 7th (B)
Helpful vedio ................. great
Thanks so much!
I LOVE omitting notes
sounds like john mayer-clarity
He for sure uses them.
Wow this is a great lesson thank you
In my Guitar Chords books there is only one position (the 12th fret) on the guitar where all the notes of the Cmaj9 can be played.
If we can’t play all the notes of a chord, shouldn’t the name change, like Cmaj9 (no 3rd) or Cmaj9 (no root)?
When can you use these?
You can use these to replace either the 1 or 4 chord in a key. So in the key of C, you can use a C maj 9 or F maj 9.
what about m7/miner 7 chords plZ
Great Video! Question: If you take the 5th String rooted Major 7 chord shape and remove your pinky (on the 2nd string) you then remove the 3rd of the chord but add the 9th. So you are left with, root, 5th, 7th, and 9th. Is this still considered a proper Major 9 chord as the 3rd is totally omitted? Cheers!
Excellent put please slow the pace down a little
Thank u... u saved my life
Happy to help!
What scale is he using to find the notes for the chord ?
major scale
1 min 15 seconds in and I got it! Great job of cutting through the crap. Nice!
I'm glad :) Happy to help!
I think that's FM7sus2 not FMajor9. Is it similar or the same?
Nice lesson :D
So good
thanks
Im glad i found you!!
I'm glad you found me too! Let me know if you ever have any questions!
enjoying your vds. R U Canadian or American? I ask because I've noticed you use Canadian spelling in other videos. :-) I'm Canadian.
Holy Shazam! Wow... This made it SOO MUCH SIMPLER for me to understand
Happy to help!
Really helped me.. thanks..
Thanks so much for watching!
idont play guitar, but i DO understand this guy!!
Happy to hear it!
Similar shape as major 6 chords right ?
Brutal opening 9 cats = hs English teacher in the key of savage
:)
9 cats - wasn't that a song by the Porcupine Tree?
Thanks jack whitehall !!
Why do u leave out the 5th in a Cmaj9
It most of the extended chords u can leave 5th or the root, unless the 5th is altered, like if the 5th is flatened u can't replace it, because its important to the chord! But still u can ignore the root chord! That's all bro!
Thanks! Why is it called a C Major 9 and not a C Major 2, seeing as the 9 and 2 are the same note?
I'll take a stab at this. I think that even though they're the same note, the difference in octave actually makes a big difference in sound since it creates different intervals relative to the rest of the chord. Try it out on a keyboard. It also probably eliminates communication issues
+arvind030892 I'm not sure why but I've seen that when you play the chord with a 3rd, the 2nd is a 9, but when you "substitute" the 3nd for the 2nd (playing a chord with a 2nd but without a 3rd), then it becomes a sus2 chord
flyingsteaks Yeah, I'm pretty sure "suspended" simply means that the 3rd is omitted, as you described
Why is it called maj 9 and not maj 2
If you added the D an octave higher would it sound that different ?
Because the intervals are relative to the tonic (ground note). You got a 3rd, 5th, 7th with respect to the lower octave tonic, so now you can't just change the tonic in the middle of finding a chord.
Isn't the second voicing a Fmaj7sus2 instead of the Fmaj9 because you replaced the 3rd with the 9th (actually the 2nd)?? so the second voicing from "Fmaj9" sounds differently because it is actually not a Major 9th chord
Why 7
Hey please make a video of major 11 chords
thanks!
1:51 ...what did he just say?
californian to english translation: "i'm sharing a lot of these notes with each other but doubled up a lot"
Dabalapala
Thanks
please cover both major & minor shapes in the same video...
Thanks for watching man, I think I've already done most of the major/minor chords as separate vids though.
The 9 chord has a flavor I've never heard before.
Gotta love the 9s!
4:34 (just a note for myself)