Ninths
A minor 9th chord
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- ACEGB
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
How to play Am9
About the A minor 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, Am9 is most often played as a barre chord across the 5th fret (575557).
On piano, Am9 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 (0002), which makes Am9 one of the simplest chords on the instrument. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
