G♯6/9 / A♭6/9

5-note six-nine on G♯ / A♭G♯, A♯, C, D♯, F.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

Major triad plus the sixth and the ninth — a lush, stable voicing beloved of jazz endings.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1G♯root
9A♯ninth
3Cmajor third
5D♯perfect fifth
6Fmajor sixth

The formula reads in semitones above the root (G♯): 1, 9, 3, 5, 6. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

open position
234
open position
5fr2134
from fret 5
10fr21134
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 4

2314
open position
5fr1122
from fret 5
8fr1311
from fret 8
10fr1324
from fret 10

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other G♯ / A♭ chords

6/9 chords on every root