Minor family
A minor added ninth chord
Am(add9)A minor added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Open chord
Uses open strings, no barre.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- A1
- ♭2
- B9
- C♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- E5
- ♯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?
Am(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
- Amadd9 · Am(add2)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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