Guitar chords · Six-nine
A6/9 chord on guitar
A6/9 (A six-nine) has five notes: A, C♯, E, F♯ and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
Shapes
How to play A6/9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
A6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
E shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes A6/9 six-nine
A 6/9 chord adds both the 6th and the 9th to a major A three-note chord stacked in 3rds: a root, a 3rd and a 5th. Major, minor, diminished and augmented chords are triads., with no 7th. It sounds rich but settled, so it often ends a song in jazz and bossa nova. Keep the 3rd, the 6th and the 9th; the 5th can go.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the 6th and the 9th make A6/9 a six-nine chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- C♯3essential
- E5optional
- F♯6essential
- B9essential
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with A6/9
A6/9 belongs to six keys: D major (V6/9), A major (I6/9), E major (IV6/9), B minor (VII6/9), F♯ minor (III6/9) and C♯ minor (VI6/9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus2 suspended 2nd
- Asus4 suspended 4th
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Am(maj7) minor major 7th
- Am(add9) minor add 9
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
A6/9, in short
- What notes are in the A6/9 chord?
- A6/9 (A six-nine) has five notes: A, C♯, E, F♯ and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
- How do you play A6/9 on guitar?
- A6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is A6/9 in?
- A6/9 belongs to six keys: D major (V6/9), A major (I6/9), E major (IV6/9), B minor (VII6/9), F♯ minor (III6/9) and C♯ minor (VI6/9).