E minor 69

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is E minor 69. We've played other minor69 guitar chords here. This chord has it's root note on the the G string of the guitar and uses the first finger to barre across the B and top E strings.

Minor 69 chords are created by playing a minor triad together with the natural 6th and 9th: 1, b3, 5, 6 9

E minor69 uses these notes: E, G, B, F#, C#
Today's guitar inversion uses the notes in this order: G, C#, E, F#, B

Minor 69 chords are usually used as chord i in minor keys, but can also be played as chord ii in major keys.

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G minor 69

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G minor69. This chord has its root note on the the A string of the guitar - it's good exercise for the fingers as it's quite a stretch! If you're having trouble playing it transpose the chord to a higher fret and work your way back down as your fingers get used to it.
Minor 69 chords are created by playing a minor triad and adding the 6th and 9th: 1, b3, 5, 6 9
G minor69 uses these notes: G, Bb, D, E, A
Today's guitar inversion uses the notes in that order.

Minor 69 chords are usually used as chord i in minor keys.

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C7#5b9 / Bbm7b5 / Gb9 / Dbm6

The recent Guitar Chord a Day series 12 Dominant 7th Chords, introduced 12 useful dominant 7th guitar inversions.

Today's guitar chord of the day is actually four chords in one:

• C7#5b9
• Bbm7b5
• Gb9
• Dbm6

 Dominant 7th chords are easy to modify to create other chords:

• Lower the 3rd one fret to make a minor7 chord
• Raise the b7 one fret to make a major7 chord
• Raise the root two frets to make a 9th chord

Thinking of our guitar chord as a C7#5b9 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and raising the root and the 5th by one fret to create a 7#5b9 chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Bbm7b5 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and lowering the 3rd and the 5th by one fret to create a m7b5 chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Gb9 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and raising the root note by two frets to create a 9th chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Dbm6 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and lowering the 3rd and the 7th by one fret to create a m6 chord.

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D minor6

We've featured a few different minor chords in previous posts, and played a C minor6 chord with the root on the E string here, today's chord is a D minor6 with a root on the A string. Minor6  chords are constructed by taking a minor triad (1, b3, 5) and adding a natural 6th. They are normally used as chord I in minor keys.
Play the root note (marked as a square on the diagram) on the A string with your middle finger, the G string with your first finger, the B string with your first finger and the D string with your little finger.
Minor 6 chords can be played in the place of some minor chords and can replace chord i in minor keys. Minor 6 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5, 6

D minor6 uses the notes: D, F, A, B

Our inversion uses the notes in this order: D, A, B, F

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C minor6

We've featured a few different minor chords in previous posts, today's chord is a C minor6. Minor6  chords are constructed by taking a normal minor triad (1, b3, 5) and adding a natural 6th. They are normally used as chord I in minor keys.
Play the root note on the E string with your middle finger, the D string with your first finger and barre across the top 3 guitar strings with your first finger.
Minor 6 chords can be played in the place of some minor chords and can replace chord i in minor keys. Minor 6 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5, 6

C minor6 uses the notes: C, Eb, G, A

Our inversion uses the notes in this order: C, A, Eb, G, C.

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