F#9 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
All chords More F# chordsThe F#9 is a dominant chord and equivalent to G flat 9th. It consists of five notes, though depending on the instrument, some notes may be doubled or tripled. Since all the chord notes, except one, are absent among the open strings in standard tuning, there are no simple fingerings in open positions. Because of that, the chord is mostly played in closed positions or as a barre chord.
The chord consists of five notes. The notes represent the root, major third, perfect fifth, minor seventh and major ninth intervals. Notice that the third or the fifth is sometimes omitted.
F#9 is an abbreviation for F sharp dominant ninth. A less common abbreviation is F#dom9.
The notes that the F#9 chord consists of are F#, A#, C#, E and G#.
1st inversion: F#9/A# (means that A# is the bass note).
2nd inversion: F#9/C# (means that C# is the bass note).
3rd inversion: F#9/E (means that E is the bass note).
4th inversion: F#9/G# (means that G# is the bass note).
F#9(no3) is an F sharp dominant 9th with no third (A#).
F#9(no5) is an F sharp dominant 9th with no fifth (C#).
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