A m6/9 Chord on Mandola
Play A m6/9 on Mandola: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A m6/9 chord is a minor sixth chord with a bittersweet, jazzy character. It is built from the notes A, B, C, E, F#. This page shows how to play A m6/9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The C and A courses ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 4. The root is the A course itself. It sounds from C3 up to A4.
Mandola 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.