Text: Ninth Chords Take another look at the C Major scale this time with a few notes from the second octave added. You can see that the Ninth note is a D, which has already appeared once before as the second note of the scale. The reason that it has changed from a second to a ninth is because the note is now an octave and a tone above the root or starting note of the chord... 1.C = 1st............Starting or root note 2.D = 2nd............Tone 3.E = 3rd............Tone 4.F = 4th............Semi-tone 5.G = 5th............Tone 6.A = 6th............Tone 7.B = Major 7th......Tone 8.C = Octave 8th.... Semi-tone 9.D = Ninth..........Second Octave ... Tone Semi-tone pattern repeats. 10.E = Tenth............ 11.F = Eleventh....... etc Ninth chords always must also contain the Dominant seventh, unless it is specified as an Added Ninth. In that circumstance, the Dominant 7th is omitted. The chord of C 9th (C9) The chord of C add 9th (Cadd9). C - 1st note of the scale C - 1st note of the scale E - 3rd note of the scale E - 3rd note of the scale G - 5th note of the scale G - 5th note of the scale Bb - Dominant 7th note D - In the Second Octave D - In the Second Octave *****************

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