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A69 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–0–4–4–2–2

How to play the A69 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the A69 chord

Other names: A6/9, A sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: A 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the A69 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E Perfect 5th
F# Major 6th
B Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–0–4–4–2–2
Fret 4
5–4–4–4–5–5
Fret 6
X–7–7–6–7–7
Fret 11
X–12–11–11–12–12

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys