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Hello, and happy springtime to all!

 

Has anyone ever seen a minor flat-nine [mi(b9)] chord?

For that matter, does anyone ever play a dominant flat-nine chord?

 

Joyce

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A minor7(b9) or just a minor triad with a b9 is an uncommon chord, but not unusuable. It's the III chord in a major key, and is the harmony that the phrygian mode is based around.

 

Dom7b9, absolutely, all the time. It's the V chord in minor, and it's commonly played in place of the usual V chord in major, as well. Dom7b9 is one of the oldest sounds in Western harmony.

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chord?

For that matter, does anyone ever play a dominant flat-nine chord?


Joyce

 

 

The music I play doesn't have too many mb9 chords, as such. But sometimes I might think in those terms as an exercise to come up with new dominant chord voicings. Specifically, a mb9 has five of the same notes as a 13 chord a minor 3rd higher.

 

Example: C13 = C, E, G, Bb, D, A

 

Amb9 = A, C, E, G, Bb That's all the notes in C13 except the 9th (and 11th).

 

So, thinking of voicings for an Amb9 chord might lead to some C13 voicings that might be less obvious, such as this:

 

-6-

-5-

-5-

-7-

-x-

-x-

 

As for dom7b9, as poparad said, it's quite common. One 'trick' for getting 7b9 voicings is to play diminished a half step above the root of the dominant chord in question. For example, to imply E7b9, just play an F diminished chord in it's place.

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