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Ab69 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 3–3–1–3

How to play the Ab69 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 3–3–1–3 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 3 · pinky

Other names for the Ab69 chord

Other names: Ab6/9, Ab sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: Ab 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab69 chord

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

All variations

Open
3–3–1–3
Fret 5
5–5–6–6
Fret 8
8–10–8–8
Fret 10
10–12–11–13

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys