8-string bass · Standard
C major ninth · Open position
Cmaj9 8-string bass chord
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How to play Cmaj9 on 8-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 2nd fret. Let the B, E, D, G and C strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and F strings.
From the F♯ string x 0 0 2 0 0 0 x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Cmaj9?
Cmaj9, C major ninth, is C, E, G, B and D: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G), the major seventh (B) and the ninth (D). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.
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Major ninth chords in every key
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Cmaj9 on other instruments
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