Chord

Ab Major 6/9

  • Ab6/9
  • Ab69
  • Abmaj6/9
  • AbM6/9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
AbM3Cm3Eb2F4Bb
Extends
Ab Major 6

Ab Major 6/9, written Ab6/9, is built from Ab, C, Eb, F and Bb: the root, major 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 6th, C and F, 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 Pentatonic

    Ab Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Ab Ionian

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

  3. Mode of Major

    Ab Lydian

Voicings All 8