Guitar chord · Ninths
A♭ minor 9th chord on guitar
464446 · Barre · 4th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♭m9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- A♭C♭E♭G♭B♭
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 4th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 4th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 4th fret, held by the barre A♭
- 5th string (A): 6th fret, ring finger (3) E♭
- 4th string (D): 4th fret, held by the barre G♭
- 3rd string (G): 4th fret, held by the barre C♭
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, held by the barre E♭
- 1st string (high E): 6th fret, pinky finger (4) B♭
Tablature
e|--6---| B|--4---| G|--4---| D|--4---| A|--6---| E|--4---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♭m9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing A♭m9 on guitar
On guitar, A♭m9 is most often played as a barre chord across the 4th fret (464446).
Notice the C♭ in A♭m9 (A♭ C♭ E♭ G♭ B♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–C–E–G–B), so the minor 3rd has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
