Amadd9 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 X–0–2–4–1–0

How to play the Amadd9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–2–4–1–0 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) Do not play

5th string (A) Play open

4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger

3rd string (G) Fret 4 · little finger

2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger

1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for Amadd9 chord

Other names: A minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: A minor add9 chord

Intervals and tones in Amadd9 chord

Note	Interval
A	Root
C	Minor 3rd
E	Perfect 5th
H	Major 9th

All Variations

Open

X–0–2–4–1–0

Fret 5

X–X–7–5–5–7

Fret 7

X–X–7–9–0–8

Fret 9

X–12–10–9–12–X

Songs using Amadd9

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Amadd9 Guitar Chord

How to play the Amadd9 chord on guitar

Notation for Amadd9 chord

Intervals and tones in Amadd9 chord

All Variations

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Songs using Amadd9

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