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Gmmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings 3–0–0–3–3–2

How to play the Gmmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 3–0–0–3–3–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 3 · middle finger
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the Gmmaj9 chord

Other names: G minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: G minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Gmmaj9 chord

Note Interval
G Root
Bb Minor 3rd
D Perfect 5th
F# Major 7th
A Major 9th

All variations

Open
3–0–0–3–3–2
Fret 3
3–5–4–3–3–5
Fret 6
X–X–7–0–7–6
Fret 8
X–10–8–11–10–X

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys