Dominant 9th chords are a must for Electric Blues

This lesson teaches you how to play 2 different Dominant 9th chord shapes G9th & C9th.
I also play through a 12 Bar Blues in G Major showing you how strum them & switch between the chord changes G9th C9th & D9th. ..

[@andrewwenner73]

Thank you

[@chipdice]

Good description and explanation of how to use the dom 9th chords, Thanks!

[@austinguitarschool1432]

Your very welcome 🎸🎵🎸

[@reggieboyd5444]

That's a great version of the 9 chord, especially if you have a bass player adding the root. I use it sometimes when I'm playing with the band. If I'm playing solo, I add the root by fingering it this way (I'm sure I'm not the only one); For G9: - 2nd finger, 1st string, 3rd fret - 1st finger, bar across 2nd, 3rd & 4th strings @ 2nd fret -3rd finger, 3rd string, 3rd fret -4th finger, 5th string (mute the 6th string), 3rd fret. I realize its a tight grouping for the fingers, It's just how I worked it out decades ago. Even now at almost 70 hrs old, my fat fingers can still squeeze in there and play it.

[@DrillForAbsentee]

Well, of course it can replace a dominant 7 chord -- it has the dominant 7 in it. The dom 7 of G is F -- that is what you're playing on the D string, right? So what this is is an inversion of a G7 with the 9th added?

[@austinguitarschool1432]

😄 you're very funny it's a dominant 9th chord which is the dominant seventh chord with a 9th added to it if it doesn't have the dominant seventh it would be called an add 9

[@austinguitarschool1432]

C 7. C E G Bb C add 9 C E G + D Cdom9 C E G Bb D C Maj.9 C E G B D

[@chipdice]

the G dom 9th has the same notes as a B min 7 flatted 5, interesting

[@austinguitarschool1432]

Technically it's a B minor 7 with b5

[@austinguitarschool1432]

You have to leave the G-note out of the chord for it to be a B minor 7.b5