A minor ninth piano chord - Am9

The A minor ninth chord is a 5-note chord consisting of the notes A, C, E, G and B.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as Am9.

Interactive piano diagram for the A minor ninth chord

Piano keyboard displaying the A minor ninth chord with the notes AB#CFbEGCbB

Extended Chords

Chords that are a superset of Am9. The chords include more notes but always A, C, E, G and B.

Reduced chords

Chords that are a subset of Am9. These contain less notes but all of them are included in Am9.

Scales with Am9

Below you find all scales that include Am9:

  • minor
  • dorian
  • dorian #4
  • bebop minor
  • minor bebop
  • composite blues
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • chromatic

A minor ninth piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the Am9 chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the A minor ninth chord (Am9). The notes A, C, E, G and B are highlighted.