A maj9 Chord on Classical Guitar (Drop D)
Play A maj9 on Classical Guitar (Drop D): diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A maj9 chord is a major extended chord that stacks ninths, elevenths, or thirteenths over a major-seventh foundation for a rich, jazzy color. It is built from the notes A, B, C#, E, G#. This page shows how to play A maj9 on Classical Guitar (Drop D) with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Classical Guitar (Drop D): the lowest shape barres fret 4 and covers 4 frets. A falls on the D string. It sounds from A2 up to G#4.
It has nylon strings on a wider, flatter neck, with the lowest string slackened a whole tone.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.