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Fig. 1 · Abm9 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭m9

A♭1C♭♭3E♭5G♭♭7B♭9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is G♯m9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭m9 is A♭, C♭, E♭, G♭ and B♭ — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from A♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭add9added ninthA♭9dominant ninthA♭maj9major ninthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Cm9C♯m9D♭m9Dm9D♯m9E♭m9Em9Fm9all 374