🎵 Adds the smooth 9th to the dramatic minor major 7th chord (root, b3, 5, 7, 9). Creates a lush, complex, and highly evocative sound. Use it for sophisticated jazz harmony, film scores, or contemporary ballads to convey feelings that are dreamy, melancholic, and very refined.
Also abbreviated as: mM9
mMaj9
-^9
With all 5 notes and C
as bass, it is also: Cm(M9)
Cm(maj9)
Contains intervals: 1P
3m
5P
7M
9M
Popular songs which use this chord type: Naima (John Coltrane)