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Fig. 1 · Abmaj9 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭maj9

A♭1C3E♭5G7B♭9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is G♯maj9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭maj9 is A♭, C, E♭, G and B♭ — 1, 3, 5, 7 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♭m9minor ninthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Cmaj9C♯maj9D♭maj9Dmaj9D♯maj9E♭maj9Emaj9Fmaj9all 374