What notes are in a Amadd9 chord?

Amadd9 is A, C, E, B: the 1, ♭3, 5, 9 of A.

How do you play Amadd9 on guitar?

5th String Root: x 12 10 9 12 12; 4th String Root: x x 7 5 5 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Amadd9?

Scales on A that contain every note of Amadd9: A Minor, A Major Blues, A Dorian, A Harmonic Minor, A Melodic Minor, A Hungarian Minor.

Guitar chord · Minor Add9

Amadd9 chord (A Minor Add9)

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

Notes ACEB

Formula 1 ♭3 5 9

Shapes 2 on this page

Amadd9 chord shapes

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

5th String Root x 12 10 9 12 12

4th String Root x x 7 5 5 7

Interactive chord diagram

Amadd9 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 ✕ ✕ ✕

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Scales to play over Amadd9

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Amadd9 is the chord of the moment.

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

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Questions

What notes are in a Amadd9 chord?: Amadd9 is A, C, E, B: the 1, ♭3, 5, 9 of A.
How do you play Amadd9 on guitar?: 5th String Root: x 12 10 9 12 12; 4th String Root: x x 7 5 5 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Amadd9?: Scales on A that contain every note of Amadd9: A Minor, A Major Blues, A Dorian, A Harmonic Minor, A Melodic Minor, A Hungarian Minor.

Minor Add9 chords in every key

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