Chord

A Major 9

  • Amaj9
  • AM9
  • AΔ9
  • Amajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
AM3C#m3EM3G#m3B
Extends
A Major 7

A Major 9, written Amaj9, is built from A, C#, E, G# and B: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, C# and G#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    A Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    A Lydian

Voicings All 8