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Abmmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings 4–X–5–3–0–4

How to play the Abmmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–X–5–3–0–4 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) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 5 · pinky
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · index finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · ring finger

Other names for the Abmmaj9 chord

Other names: Ab minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: Ab minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Abmmaj9 chord

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

All variations

Fret 3
4–X–5–3–0–4
Fret 4
4–6–5–4–4–6
Fret 6
6–6–6–8–8–7
Fret 9
X–11–9–12–11–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys