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C9
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Dominant 9

Formula1-3-5-♭7-9
CDEGBb

How to build it

  1. Take a dominant 7
  2. Add the ninth (the 2nd one octave higher)
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**🎹 Voicing:** You can omit the fifth to make it fit in your hand

Like the 7 chord but with an extra note that gives it more "color". Jazz pianists use it all the time!

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