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Fig. 1 — nothing to hold

ukulele chord

Gmaj9

G1B3D5F♯7A9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

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What is true of it

Gmaj9 is G, B, D, F♯ and A — 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 counted from G.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

No fingering of Gmaj9 fits a hand on the ukulele: inside four frets, with the strings that sound next to each other and the root underneath, there is nothing to hold.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 2 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gmaj9/B

4220

7
second inversion

Gmaj9/D

7979

10
third inversion

Gmaj9/F♯

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An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

Gadd9added ninthG9dominant ninthGm9minor ninthGmajorGmminorGdimdiminished

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