Gm9 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Gm9 is a minor ninth chord built from G, Bb, D, F, A. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Gm9

G · Bb · D · F · A

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Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7 – 10 – 14

The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.

Inversions of Gm9

  • Root position

    G · Bb · D · F · A · bass G

  • Inversion 1

    Bb · D · F · G · A · bass Bb

  • Inversion 2

    D · F · G · A · Bb · bass D

  • Inversion 3

    F · G · A · Bb · D · bass F

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Gm9

  • Bbvi
  • Fii

In Bb it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Bb
  2. F
  3. Gm9
  4. Eb

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