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F7#9 Guitar Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Guitar

Strings 1–3–1–2–1–4

How to play the F7#9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–3–1–2–1–4 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) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · little finger

Notation for F7#9 chord

Other names: F 7th sharp 9, F Hendrix chord

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: F Hendrix chord

Intervals and tones in F7#9 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
C Perfect 5th
Eb Minor 7th
Ab Augmented 9th

All Variations

Open
1–3–1–2–1–4
Open
X–X–3–2–4–4
Fret 7
X–8–7–8–9–X
Fret 10
X–11–10–10–10–11

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using F7#9

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Dominika Mirgová