Guitar chord · Ninths
A♯ dominant 9th chord on guitar
686768 · Barre · 6th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♯9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
A dominant 7th with an added 9th — funky and full.
- Notes
- A♯C𝄪E♯G♯B♯
- Formula
- 135♭79
- Built from
- root · major 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 · 6th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 6th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 6th fret, held by the barre A♯
- 5th string (A): 8th fret, ring finger (3) E♯
- 4th string (D): 6th fret, held by the barre G♯
- 3rd string (G): 7th fret, middle finger (2) C𝄪
- 2nd string (B): 6th fret, held by the barre E♯
- 1st string (high E): 8th fret, pinky finger (4) B♯
Tablature
e|--8---| B|--6---| G|--7---| D|--6---| A|--8---| E|--6---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♯9 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♯9 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play A♯9 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 6th fret (686768).
Notice the C𝄪 in A♯9 (A♯ C𝄪 E♯ G♯ B♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–C–E–G–B), so the major 3rd has to be written C𝄪 rather than D — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
