A# m(maj9) Chord on Mandocello

How to play the A# m(maj9) chord on Mandocello: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The A# m(maj9) chord is a minor/major extended chord pairing a minor third with a natural seventh and upper tensions. It is built from the notes A#, C, C#, F, A. This page shows how to play A# m(maj9) on Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the C and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 6, reaching across 3 frets. A# falls on the D string. It sounds from C2 up to A#3.

Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, 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 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.