Major family
G six-nine chord
G6/9G six-nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 9
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 9.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G1
- ♭2
- A9
- ♭3
- B3
- 4
- ♭5
- D5
- ♯5
- E6
- ♭7
- 7
- G Root
- B Major 3rd
- D Perfect 5th
- E Major 6th
- A Major 9th
About this chord
What is a G six-nine chord?
G6/9 is built from 5 notes: G (the root), B (the 3), D (the 5), E (the 6), A (the 9). Warm and floating, a favourite final chord in jazz and bossa nova.
- Notes
- G · B · D · E · A
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 9
- Also written
- G69
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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