What notes are in the G m69 chord?

The G m69 chord contains the notes G · Bb · D · E · A: the root G with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G m69 chord?

Measured from G, the G m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the G m69 chord?

On guitar the most common G m69 shape is 310230, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G3 · Bb3 · D4 · E4 · A4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

G M69 Chord (Gm69): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G3 · Bb3 · D4 · E4 · A4
Open (drop 2)	E3 · G3 · Bb3 · D4 · A4
Shell	G3 · Bb3 · E4
Rootless	Bb3 · E4 · A4

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Anatomy

G m69 (Gm69) contains the notes G · Bb · D · E · A, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of G m69 puts a chord tone other than G in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G m69 belongs to.

In which keys

G m69 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F majorii69Subdominant
D minoriv69Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

G m69 fits inside these scales, each built on G.

G Major BluesG · A · Bb · B · D · E
G Melodic MinorG · A · Bb · C · D · E · F#
G DorianG · A · Bb · C · D · E · F
G Dorian #4G · A · Bb · C# · D · E · F
G Lydian DiminishedG · A · Bb · C# · D · E · F#
G Bebop MinorG · A · Bb · B · C · D · E · F
G Minor Six DiminishedG · A · Bb · C · D · Eb · E · F#
G Composite BluesG · A · Bb · B · C · Db · D · E · F

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G m69: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Gm6G · Bb · D · E
Gmadd9G · Bb · D · A
GmG · Bb · D
Gsus2G · A · D
G5G · D

Richer

Gm13G · Bb · D · F · A · E

m69 on every root

Cm69 C#m69 Dbm69 Dm69 D#m69 Ebm69 Em69 Fm69 F#m69 G#m69 Abm69 Am69 Bbm69 Bm69

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Understanding the G m69 chord

Names and symbols

Gm69 is the chord symbol for G m69; it is also written G-69.

6add9, 6/9 and 69 all mean the sixth chord with an added ninth; the slash in 6/9 is not a bass note.

Common questions

What notes are in the G m69 chord?: The G m69 chord contains the notes G · Bb · D · E · A: the root G with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G m69 chord?: Measured from G, the G m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the G m69 chord?: On guitar the most common G m69 shape is 310230, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G3 · Bb3 · D4 · E4 · A4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.