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Keep stacking the thirds
A triad is two thirds. A seventh chord adds a third. Keep going and you reach the ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth — each a third above the previous one, each named by its interval above the root.
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Three ninth-chord qualities on C
- C9 blocked: C–E–G–B♭–D0:05
- C9 rolled then blocked: C–E–G–B♭–D0:07
- Cmaj9 blocked: C–E–G–B–D0:05
- Cmaj9 rolled then blocked: C–E–G–B–D0:07
- Cm9 blocked: C–E♭–G–B♭–D0:05
- Cm9 rolled then blocked: C–E♭–G–B♭–D0:07
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