F#m9 chord

F#m9 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.

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Description and theory

The F#m9 is equivalent to G flat minor 9th. It consists of five notes, though depending on the instrument, some notes may be doubled or tripled. Since most of the chord notes 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.

Chord structure

The chord consists of five notes. The notes represent the root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh and major ninth intervals. Notice that the fifth is sometimes omitted.

Chord name

F#m9 is an abbreviation for F sharp minor ninth. A less common abbreviation is F#min9. A third system is the minus symbol: F#-9.

Notes

The notes that the F#m9 chord consists of are F#, A, C#, E and G#.

Inversions

1st inversion: F#m9/A (means that A is the bass note).
2nd inversion: F#m9/C# (means that C# is the bass note).
3rd inversion: F#m9/E (means that E is the bass note).
4th inversion: F#m9/G# (means that G# is the bass note).

Omissions

F#m9(no5) is a F# minor 9th with no fifth (C#).

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