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Ab7#9 Guitar Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Guitar

Strings 4–3–4–4–4–4

How to play the Ab7#9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–3–4–4–4–4 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) Fret 4 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Ab7#9 chord

Other names: Ab 7th sharp 9, Ab Hendrix chord

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: Ab Hendrix chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab7#9 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Gb Minor 7th
B Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
4–3–4–4–4–4
Fret 4
4–6–4–5–7–7
Fret 5
X–X–6–5–7–7
Fret 10
X–11–10–11–12–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys