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F69 Guitar Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Guitar

Strings 1–0–0–0–1–1

How to play the F69 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–0–0–0–1–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 1 · index finger
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Play open
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · ring finger

Notation for F69 chord

Other names: F 6/9, F sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: F 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in F69 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
C Perfect 5th
D Major 6th
G Major 9th

All Variations

Open
1–0–0–0–1–1
Open
X–X–3–2–3–3
Fret 5
X–5–5–5–6–5
Fret 7
X–8–7–7–8–8

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys