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Ammaj9 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 5–3–6–4–0–0

How to play the Ammaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 5–3–6–4–0–0 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) Fret 5 · ring finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 6 · pinky
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Ammaj9 chord

Other names: A minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: A minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the Ammaj9 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C Minor 3rd
E Perfect 5th
G# Major 7th
B Major 9th

All variations

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

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Ammaj9

Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin