Dominant family
G dominant ninth chord
G9G dominant ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 3
Lay your index flat across strings 6 to 2 at fret 3.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G1
- ♭2
- A9
- ♭3
- B3
- 4
- ♭5
- D5
- ♯5
- 6
- F♭7
- 7
- G Root
- B Major 3rd
- D Perfect 5th
- F Minor 7th
- A Major 9th
About this chord
What is a G dominant ninth chord?
G9 is built from 5 notes: G (the root), B (the 3), D (the 5), F (the ♭7), A (the 9). The dominant seventh with a ninth: funky and full.
- Notes
- G · B · D · F · A
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
- Also written
- Gdom9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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