Guitar Upscale6/9 Chord on guitar
A 6/9 chord adds the sixth and ninth to a major triad, a bright, open chord that holds the major pentatonic.
| Written as | C6/9 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 3 5 6 9 |
| Notes in C6/9 | C E G A D |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 4, 7, 9, 14 |
About the 6/9 Chord
C6/9 is C, E, G, A and D. Those are the five notes of C major pentatonic.
With no 7th it sounds open and calm. Jazz and bossa nova tunes often end on it.
With the root on the A string it fits in a compact shape on five strings, such as x54455 for D6/9.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 3: Major 3rd, 4 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- 6: Major 6th, 9 semitones above the root
- 9: 9th, 14 semitones above the root
6/9 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
C6/9: C E G A D
G6/9: G B D E A
D6/9: D F# A B E
A6/9: A C# E F# B
E6/9: E G# B C# F#
B6/9: B D# F# G# C#
F#6/9: F# A# C# D# G#
Db6/9: Db F Ab Bb Eb
Ab6/9: Ab C Eb F Bb
Eb6/9: Eb G Bb C F
Bb6/9: Bb D F G C
F6/9: F A C D G
Scales to play over C6/9
Each of these scales, started on the root of C6/9, holds every note of the chord:
- C Major Scale
- C Major Pentatonic scale
- C Lydian Mode
- C Mixolydian Mode
- C Lydian + b2 scale
- C Ichikosucho scale
- C Taishikicho scale
- C Major Blues Scale
- C Bebop Major scale
- C Bebop Minor scale
- C Bebop Dominant scale
- C Nine Tone Scale
- C Overtone scale
- C Ten Tone Dominant scale