What notes are in a Am6/9 chord?

Am6/9 is A, C, E, F#, B: the 1, ♭3, 5, 6, 9 of A.

How do you play Am6/9 on guitar?

6th String Root: 5 x 4 5 5 7; 5th String Root: x 12 10 11 12 12; 4th String Root: x x 7 5 7 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Am6/9?

Scales on A that contain every note of Am6/9: A Major Blues, A Dorian, A Melodic Minor, A Ukrainian Dorian, A Lydian b3, A Bebop Dorian.

Guitar chord · Minor 6/9

Am6/9 chord (A Minor 6/9)

Minor triad with the 6th and the 9th: a stable minor sound that suggests the Dorian mode.

Notes ACEF#B

Formula 1 ♭3 5 6 9

Shapes 3 on this page

Am6/9 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

6th String Root 5 x 4 5 5 7

5th String Root x 12 10 11 12 12

4th String Root x x 7 5 7 7

Interactive chord diagram

Am6/9 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Am6/9

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Am6/9 is the chord of the moment.

A Major Blues A Dorian A Melodic Minor A Ukrainian Dorian A Lydian b3 A Bebop Dorian A Bebop Melodic Minor

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Questions

What notes are in a Am6/9 chord?: Am6/9 is A, C, E, F#, B: the 1, ♭3, 5, 6, 9 of A.
How do you play Am6/9 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 5 x 4 5 5 7; 5th String Root: x 12 10 11 12 12; 4th String Root: x x 7 5 7 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Am6/9?: Scales on A that contain every note of Am6/9: A Major Blues, A Dorian, A Melodic Minor, A Ukrainian Dorian, A Lydian b3, A Bebop Dorian.

Minor 6/9 chords in every key

Cm6/9 C#m6/9 Dm6/9 Ebm6/9 Em6/9 Fm6/9 F#m6/9 Gm6/9 Abm6/9 Am6/9 Bbm6/9 Bm6/9