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G69 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 3–0–0–0–0–0

How to play the G69 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the G69 chord

Other names: G6/9, G sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: G 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the G69 chord

Note Interval
G Root
B Major 3rd
D Perfect 5th
E Major 6th
A Major 9th

All variations

Open
3–0–0–0–0–0
Open
3–2–2–2–3–3
Fret 4
X–5–5–4–5–5
Fret 9
X–10–9–9–10–10

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys