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Ab69 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 Ab3 fingers 5
Right hand C4 · F4 · Bb4 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the Ab69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play Ab3 with the left hand and C4, F4 and Bb4 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth Eb can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Notation for Ab69 chord

Other names: Ab 6/9, Ab sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: Ab 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab69 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
F Major 6th
B Major 9th

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