A 9 Chord on Bass Ukulele
Play A 9 on Bass Ukulele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A 9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes A, B, C#, E, G. This page shows how to play A 9 on Bass Ukulele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the A and G strings open and takes the rest at fret 9. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from A1 up to B2.
It has a short scale near 21 inches strung with thick polymer strings, which is how a ukulele-sized body reaches bass pitches.
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.