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Ab69 Guitar Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Guitar

Strings X–1–1–1–1–1

How to play the Ab69 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–1–1–1–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Ab69 chord

Other names: Ab6/9, Ab sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: Ab 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab69 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
F Major 6th
Bb Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–1–1–1–1–1
Open
4–3–3–3–4–4
Fret 5
X–X–6–5–6–6
Fret 10
X–11–10–10–11–11

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys