Sixths & added
A minor added 9th chord
Minor with a wistful, shimmering 9th on top.
- Notes
- ACEB
- Formula
- 1♭359
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · major 9th
How to play Am(add9)
About the A minor added 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, Am(add9) has an open-position shape, x02410, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
On piano, Am(add9) sits entirely on white keys. In root position it spans more than an octave, so many pianists play the root with the left hand and the rest with the right.
On ukulele it takes a single finger (4000), which makes Am(add9) one of the simplest chords on the instrument.
