3159
Fig. 1 · Abadd9 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭add9

A♭1C3E♭5B♭9

A major triad with a ninth added and no seventh — which is what tells it apart from a ninth chord.

Written the other way round it is G♯add9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭add9 is A♭, C, E♭ and B♭ — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from A♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭9dominant ninthA♭maj9major ninthA♭m9minor ninthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Cadd9C♯add9D♭add9Dadd9D♯add9E♭add9Eadd9Fadd9all 374