Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 — Open (2 x 0 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 4 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 0 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 4 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 0 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 4 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 5 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
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 — Open (2 x 0 1 2 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 4 1 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 0 1 x 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 4 1 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 0 1 2 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 4 1 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 2 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 0 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
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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