Amaj9

A1C♯3E5G♯7B9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

546400

moderate

Fig. 3

546600

moderate

Fig. 4

506604

moderate · no 5

Fig. 5

x06604

easy · no 5

Fig. 6

x02424

moderate

What is true of it

Amaj9 is A, C♯, E, G♯ and B — 1, 3, 5, 7 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 546400: 4 fingers, held at the 4th 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

Amaj9/C♯

x42100

second inversion

Amaj9/E

006604

third inversion

Amaj9/G♯

406600

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 Am9minor ninth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Cmaj9 C♯maj9 D♭maj9 Dmaj9 D♯maj9 E♭maj9 Emaj9 Fmaj9 all 374