Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Am9A Minor 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

Am9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Minor 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar chord — 20th position (21 21 20 21 22) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar chord — 20th position (21 21 20 22 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Am9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Minor 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 9 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 10 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar tab — 20th position (21 21 20 21 22) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 9th guitar tab — 20th position (21 21 20 22 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Am9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

wistfullushintrospective

Genres

jazzr&bneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7

Same notes asAm7(add9)

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