What notes are in a Abmadd9 chord?

Abmadd9 is Ab, Cb, Eb, Bb: the 1, ♭3, 5, 9 of Ab.

How do you play Abmadd9 on guitar?

5th String Root: x 11 9 8 11 11; 4th String Root: x x 6 4 4 6 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Abmadd9?

Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abmadd9: Ab Minor, Ab Major Blues, Ab Dorian, Ab Harmonic Minor, Ab Melodic Minor, Ab Hungarian Minor.

Guitar chord · Minor Add9

Abmadd9 chord (Ab Minor Add9)

Minor triad with the 9th added and no 7th: dark yet open.

Notes AbCbEbBb

Formula 1 ♭3 5 9

Shapes 2 on this page

Abmadd9 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Ab.

5th String Root x 11 9 8 11 11

4th String Root x x 6 4 4 6

Interactive chord diagram

Abmadd9 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Abmadd9

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abmadd9 is the chord of the moment.

Ab Minor Ab Major Blues Ab Dorian Ab Harmonic Minor Ab Melodic Minor Ab Hungarian Minor Ab Ukrainian Dorian Ab Lydian b3 Ab Bebop Dorian Ab Hirajoshi Ab Bebop Melodic Minor Ab Bebop Harmonic Minor

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Questions

What notes are in a Abmadd9 chord?: Abmadd9 is Ab, Cb, Eb, Bb: the 1, ♭3, 5, 9 of Ab.
How do you play Abmadd9 on guitar?: 5th String Root: x 11 9 8 11 11; 4th String Root: x x 6 4 4 6 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Abmadd9?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abmadd9: Ab Minor, Ab Major Blues, Ab Dorian, Ab Harmonic Minor, Ab Melodic Minor, Ab Hungarian Minor.

Minor Add9 chords in every key

Cmadd9 C#madd9 Dmadd9 Ebmadd9 Emadd9 Fmadd9 F#madd9 Gmadd9 Abmadd9 Amadd9 Bbmadd9 Bmadd9