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A69 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 4–4–2–4

How to play the A69 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 4–4–2–4 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 4 · middle finger
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 4 · pinky

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

All variations

Open
4–4–2–4
Fret 6
6–6–7–7
Fret 9
9–11–9–9
Fret 11
11–13–12–14

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys