C Major 9 Guitar Chord Harmonics

Continuing our occasional series of playing guitar chords with natural harmonics, today's Guitar Chord of the Day is C Major 9.

Play the guitar's bottom E string with your little finger while lightly resting your first finger on the D, G, B and E strings of the guitar.

Major 9 guitar chords can be replace major 7th chords replacing chords I and IV chords in major keys.
Major 9 guitar chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

The C Major 9 guitar chord uses the notes: C, E, G, B, D
Our C Major 9 chord uses the notes in this order: C, D, G, B, E

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F minor add9

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is F minor add9.

Minor add9 chords can be played in place of most minor chords and are a great way to add interest to regular minor chords. Minor add9 chords can also be written as m /9 so Fm add9, F minor add9 and Fm/9 all refer to the same guitar chord.

Check out some of the other minor add9 guitar chords from previous posts and remember you can use the labels on the right to explore lots of different guitar chord types.
Minor add9 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5, 9
Fm/9 uses the notes: F, A, C, G and our inversion uses the notes in this order.

This chord does involve a stretch due to the close voicing - but nothing a bit of practice won't solve!

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D6 guitar chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is D6. 6th chords can be played in place of any major chord, though they're often played as the last guitar chord in a song.
This D6 guitar chord is a fairly common inversion, you can play through some more 6th guitar chords here.

Major 6 chords use the scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, 6
D6 uses the notes: D, F# A, B
Major 6 chords can be played in place of almost all major chords and as chords I, IV and V in major keys.

Major 6th chords can also be considered as relative minor 7th chords, D6 and Bm7 have the same notes in so you can play this inversion in place of either of these two chords.

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D13 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is D13. 13th chords together with 9th chords are really great for playing through blues progressions. Try playing through a regular blues progression using these Blues Guitar Chords in place of regular 7th chords.
Here's the fingering for this chord shape:

You can find more inversions here:

• 13th Guitar Chords
• 9th Guitar Chords

D13 uses the notes: D, F#, A, C, E, G, B
Our inversion uses the notes in this order: D, F#, C, E, B

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F major13 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is F major13. Major 13's are beautiful sounding guitar chords and can be played in place of regular major 7 chords.
If you like this chord, you can play a few other Major 13 guitar chords here. Playing this chord involves a bit of a stretch, but it sounds great so is well worth it:

Major 13 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, though the 11th is usually left out.
The notes of F Major 13 are: F, A, C, E, G, (Bb), D
Our inversion uses the notes in this order: F, C, D, E, A

Major 13 chords can also be written Δ13, so F Major 7, F maj13 and FΔ13 all refer to the same guitar chord.

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C7#9 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is C7#9. 7#9 chord's are commonly known by guitarist's as 'The Hendrix Chord', though jazzer's prefer to call them altered chords. We've featured a few other Hendrix chords and altered jazz guitar chords in previous posts.
This guitar chord is fairly simple to play but is less well known than the regular Hendrix chord inversion. This inversion has its root on the top E string of the guitar.

7#9 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7, #9
C7#9 uses the notes: C, E, G,Bb, D#
Our inversion uses the notes in this order: E, Bb, Eb, C

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E minor11 guitar chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is E minor11 or Em11.  This chord is down in open position and works as a nice variation on a regular Em chord.
We've played a few other minor11 guitar chords here.

Minor11 chords can be played in the place of most minor chords and can replace chords ii, iii and vi in major keys.
Minor 11th chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11
Em11 uses these notes E, G, B, D, F#, A
Our guitar chord of the day uses the notes in this order:
E minor11 guitar chord E, B, F#, G, D, A

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