In every key
The same shape, moved. The symbols below are spelled the way the app spells them, which is the spelling the chord's own scale asks for rather than whichever accidental is easier to type.
- Cm9
- Dbm9
- Dm9
- Ebm9
- Em9
- Fm9
- F#m9
- Gm9
- Abm9
- Am9
- Bbm9
- Bm9
Voicings
Written in C, because that is the key the encyclopedia authors them in; every one transposes unchanged.
Root Position (no 5th)
C · Eb · Bb · D
intermediate
Rootless
Eb · Bb · D · G
intermediate
Contemporary
D · Eb · Bb · C
advanced
Kenny Barron (1-5-9-b3-b7)
C · G · D · Eb · Bb
advanced
Kenny Barron signature — stacked 5ths in the bass, b3+b7 above
McCoy Open-5th + Quartal (1-5-b3-b7-9)
C · G · Eb · Bb · D
advanced
Open 5th in the bass under a quartal upper — McCoy Tyner minor sound
Rootless A (b3-5-b7-9)
Eb · G · Bb · D
intermediate
RH 1-2-3-5; pure thirds-and-ninth stack, let it ring.
Mulgrew Miller Spread (1-b7-b3-5-9)
C · Bb · Eb · G · D
advanced
LH 5 on C, 1 reaches up to Bb; RH 1-2-5 on Eb-G-D; pedal to bind the leap.
Where it turns up
Richer minor color. Popular in modal jazz and contemporary standards. The 9th adds warmth.
Commonly swapped with
- Cm7
- Cm11
- Ebmaj7
Progressions that use it
Every one of these is written out with the hands on a keyboard and on a stave.