Guitar chords · Six-nine
G6/9 chord on guitar
G6/9 (G six-nine) has five notes: G, B, D, E and A, 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 G6/9
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.
G6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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. 3 and the A shape at fret 10. 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 3
A shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes G6/9 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 G6/9 a six-nine chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- GRroot
- B3essential
- D5optional
- E6essential
- A9essential
- G, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with G6/9
G6/9 belongs to six keys: C major (V6/9), G major (I6/9), D major (IV6/9), A minor (VII6/9), E minor (III6/9) and B 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 G
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.
- G major
- Gm minor
- G7 dominant 7th
- Gmaj7 major 7th
- Gm7 minor 7th
- Gsus2 suspended 2nd
- Gsus4 suspended 4th
- G6 major 6th
- Gm6 minor 6th
- Gadd9 add 9
- G9 dominant 9th
- Gmaj9 major 9th
- Gm9 minor 9th
- G13 dominant 13th
- Gmaj13 major 13th
- Gm11 minor 11th
- G° diminished
- Gm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- G°7 diminished 7th
- G+ augmented
- G5 power chord
- G7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Gm(maj7) minor major 7th
- Gm(add9) minor add 9
- G7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
G6/9, in short
- What notes are in the G6/9 chord?
- G6/9 (G six-nine) has five notes: G, B, D, E and A, 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 G6/9 on guitar?
- G6/9 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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. 3 and the A shape at fret 10.
- What key is G6/9 in?
- G6/9 belongs to six keys: C major (V6/9), G major (I6/9), D major (IV6/9), A minor (VII6/9), E minor (III6/9) and B minor (VI6/9).