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H69 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 B3 fingers 5
Right hand Eb4 · Ab4 · C#5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the H69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play B3 with the left hand and Eb4, Ab4 and C#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth F# can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Notation for H69 chord

Other names: H 6/9, H sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: H 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in H69 chord

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

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