Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar

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The minor 9th chord - m9 respectively m7(9) - is a minor 7th chord with an additional major 9th (9). You can get the 9 on the guitar fretboard, when you go up a whole-step (2 frets) from from A (1) to B (9). However, it will be written as 9 and not as 2, because it is a chord extension (the number 2 only occurs in sus2 chords).

The Am7(9) respectively A9 chord has the notes A (1), C (m3), E (5), G (7) and B (9). You can omit the 5th if you want.

Especially in jazz and latin music m9 chords are very common. Minor 9th chords can normally be played instead of a basic minor 7th chord, but you have to take care when it comes to the 3rd scale degree of a major scale, for example an Em7 in the key of C major. Here the next tone after E is an F (just a half-step away) and that is a b9. The b9 sounds just awful in a m7 chord and the 9 (F#) doesn't belong to the C major scale. Often a change of key is generated by adding a corresponding dominant 7th chord and voila! – the 9 works in that case, for example in the progression Em9 A13 Dm9 G13 Cmaj7.

must know

You should memorize these chords, if you are using this chord type frequently.

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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3-5-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1-3

moveable

You can transpose these chord shapes to any different key just by moving the whole chord shape along the guitar fretboard until the squared spot represents the new root.

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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 5-1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3-5-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 3-5-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 3-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 3-5-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 5-1-3

capodaster

The pleasant sound and sometimes easier playability of an open chord can be put into practice by mounting a capodaster on the indicated fret. Of course that may goe along with the disadvantage of not being able to use the frets lower than the capo anymore.

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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1-3-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-1-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-1-3-5-1-3
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-1-3-5-1-1
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Am7(9) = Am9 Chord on Guitar, voicing 1-3-5-1-5
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