A 9 Chord on Tenor Ukulele
Play A 9 on Tenor 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 Tenor Ukulele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and A strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 9 over a 3-fret stretch. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from G4 up to C#5.
It has a scale around 17 inches, the roomiest of the common ukulele sizes.
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.