G# maj9 Chord on Mandola
How to play the G# maj9 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The G# 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 G#, A#, C, D#, G. This page shows how to play G# maj9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the C and G strings open and takes the rest at fret 8, reaching across 4 frets. G# falls on the A string. It sounds from C3 up to G#5.
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 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.