Minor family
A♭ minor added ninth chord
A♭m(add9)A♭ minor added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- A♭1
- ♭2
- B♭9
- C♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- E♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- A♭ Root
- C♭ Minor 3rd
- E♭ Perfect 5th
- B♭ Major 9th
About this chord
What is an A♭ minor added ninth chord?
A♭m(add9) is built from 4 notes: A♭ (the root), C♭ (the ♭3), E♭ (the 5), B♭ (the 9). Minor with a ninth: wistful and wide.
- Notes
- A♭ · C♭ · E♭ · B♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 9
- Also written
- A♭madd9 · A♭m(add2)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain A♭m(add9)
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