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Abmaj9 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, lush sound. Popular in jazz, neo-soul and film music. On guitar, the fifth is often omitted to make room for the ninth and major seventh.

Guitar

Strings X–1–1–1–1–3

How to play the Abmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–1–1–1–3 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 3 · pinky

Other names for the Abmaj9 chord

Other names: Ab major 9th

Music theory name: major ninth chord

Common name: Ab major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Abmaj9 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
G Major 7th
Bb Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–1–1–1–1–3
Fret 3
4–3–5–3–4–3
Fret 4
4–6–5–5–4–6
Fret 10
11–11–10–12–11–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Abmaj9

Cicada
Good Kid