G m6/9 Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro
Play G m6/9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The G m6/9 chord is a minor sixth chord with a bittersweet, jazzy character. It is built from the notes G, A, A#, D, E. This page shows how to play G m6/9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the E, A and G strings open and takes the rest at fret 8. G falls on the B string. It sounds from E3 up to A#4.
Puerto Rican Cuatro is strung in five courses of two, the lower two paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G 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.