Guitar chords · Minor add 9
Am(add9) chord on guitar
Am(add9) (A minor add 9) has four notes: A, C, E and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 9.
Shapes
How to play Am(add9)
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Am(add9) has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
E shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes Am(add9) minor add 9
A minor add9 chord is a minor chord with the 9th added and no 7th. The 9th sits a Two half steps, or two frets on the guitar, such as C to D. above the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., giving the minor chord a wistful, ringing colour heard in ballads and film music.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd and the 9th make Am(add9) a minor add 9 chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- C♭3essential
- E5optional
- B9essential
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with Am(add9)
Am(add9) belongs to four keys: C major (vi(add9)), G major (ii(add9)), A minor (i(add9)) and E minor (iv(add9)).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Am(add9) over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Am(add9) on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Am(add9)/C
Am(add9) with its ♭3rd, C, in the bass.
- Am(add9)/E
Am(add9) with its 5th, E, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus2 suspended 2nd
- Asus4 suspended 4th
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Am(maj7) minor major 7th
- A6/9 six-nine
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Am(add9), in short
- What notes are in the Am(add9) chord?
- Am(add9) (A minor add 9) has four notes: A, C, E and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 9.
- How do you play Am(add9) on guitar?
- Am(add9) has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is Am(add9) in?
- Am(add9) belongs to four keys: C major (vi(add9)), G major (ii(add9)), A minor (i(add9)) and E minor (iv(add9)).