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A69 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand A3 fingers 5
Right hand C#4 · F#4 · B4 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the A69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play A3 with the left hand and C#4, F#4 and B4 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth E can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

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

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