A# maj9 Chord on Mandola
Play A# maj9 on Mandola: 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 Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the C, D and A courses open and takes the rest at fret 3. A# falls on the G course. It sounds from B#2 up to G##4.
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.