CHORD REFERENCE

A6/9

A – C♯ – E – F♯ – B1 3 5 6 9

The A 6/9 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
A1C♯3E5F♯6B9

A6/9 is A, C#, E, F#, B — the 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9 above the root A.

Piano
AEBC♯F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEF♯ABC♯EBBC♯EF♯ABGABC♯EF♯DEF♯ABC♯AABC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABC♯E

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AABC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABC♯ECC♯EF♯ABGABC♯EF♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only A, C#, E, F#, B plays the chord.

In which keys

A6/9 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

VD majorIVE majorIA major♭VIC♯ minor♭IIIF♯ minor♭VIIB minor
Other A chords

Triads

AMajorAmMinorA5Power Chord (5)AdimDiminishedAaugAugmentedAsus2Suspended 2ndAsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

A6Major 6thAm6Minor 6thA7Dominant 7thAmaj7Major 7thAm7Minor 7thAm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thAdim7Diminished 7thAm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)A7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

A7♭57♭5A7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)A7♭97♭9A7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Aadd9Added 9thA9Dominant 9thAmaj9Major 9thAm9Minor 9thA11Dominant 11thA13Dominant 13th
6/9 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
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