Am9

A1C♭3E5G♭7B9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

535000

easy

Fig. 3

532000

easy

Fig. 4

535400

moderate

Fig. 5

535500

moderate

Fig. 6

502503

moderate

What is true of it

Am9 is A, C, E, G and B — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from A.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 535000: 3 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Am9/C

x32000

second inversion

Am9/E

032000

third inversion

Am9/G

332000

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

Aadd9added ninth A9dominant ninth Amaj9major ninth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Cm9 C♯m9 D♭m9 Dm9 D♯m9 E♭m9 Em9 Fm9 all 374