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Where can you use 6 9 chords?
The 6 and 9, in particular, form a perfect fourth, so chords with them have a neat sound. Basically, the 6/9 is just a rather nice-sounding voicing of a major chord, so you can generally use it for any major chord. You can even use it on a dominant chord, if you really want.
What does a 6 9 chord resolve to?
The 6/9 chord is a pentad with a major triad extended by a sixth and ninth above the root, but no seventh, thus: C6/9 is C,E,G,A,D. It is not a tense chord requiring resolution, and is considered a substitute for the tonic in jazz.
What are sixth chords used for?
In Western music, the most common use of augmented sixth chords is to resolve to a dominant chord in root position (that is, a dominant triad with the root doubled to create the octave to which the augmented sixth chord resolves), or to a tonic chord in second inversion (a tonic triad with the fifth doubled for the ...
