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Abmadd9 Guitar Chord

A minor chord with an added ninth but no seventh. An emotive, "cinematic" sound. Found in progressive rock, soundtracks and modern pop.

Guitar

Strings 4–2–X–3–4–X

How to play the Abmadd9 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Abmadd9 chord

Other names: Ab minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: Ab minor add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Abmadd9 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
Cb Minor 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Bb Major 9th

All variations

Open
4–2–X–3–4–X
Fret 4
X–X–6–4–4–6
Fret 4
4–6–6–4–4–6
Fret 8
X–11–9–8–11–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys