Additional funk guitar chords that are used to play funk 
guitar rhythms are 9th chords. Shown below are the 3 most
common forms of an A9th chord and their octave chord.The
formula for an A9th chord is the 1st(A), 3rd(C#), 5th(E)
b7th(G) and 9th(B) intervals of A major scale.Examples
#1 teach the frethand fingerings. Examples #2 demonstrate
what the chord looks like when written in actual guitar
tablature.

                       A9th chord

   Example #1                          Example #2
e :---------3-------|-----------------|-2---------------|
B :-------2---------|-----------------|-3---------------|
G :----4------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
D :-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i  r  i  m
    ___________
  barre index 2nd fret


   Octave chord #1

e :-------------15--|-----------------|-15--------------|
B :---------14------|-----------------|-14--------------|
G :-----16----------|-----------------|-16--------------|
D :-14--------------|-----------------|-14--------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i    r   i   m
    ______________
   barre index 14th fret


   Alternate Position #1
   Example #1                          Example #2
e :-----------5-----|-----------------|-5---------------|
B :--------5--------|-----------------|-5---------------|
G :-----4-----------|-----------------|-4---------------|
D :-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    m   i   r   p


   Octave chord #2

e :-----------17----|-----------------|-----------------|
B :--------17-------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :----16-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-17--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    m   i   r   p
    




   Alternate Position #2

e :-----------7-----|-----------------|-7---------------|
B :--------5--------|-----------------|-5---------------|
G :----6------------|-----------------|-6---------------|
D :-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i   m   i   r
    _____________
   index barres 5th fret


   Octave chord #3

e :-------------19--|-----------------|-19--------------|
B :---------17------|-----------------|-17--------------|
G :-----18----------|-----------------|-18--------------|
D :-17--------------|-----------------|-17--------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    i    m   i   r
    ______________
   index barres 17th fret






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