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F#7#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 2–1–2–2–2–2

How to play the F#7#9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–1–2–2–2–2 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 2 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · little finger

Notation for F#7#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 F#7#9 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C# Perfect 5th
E Minor 7th
A Augmented 9th

All Variations

Open
2–1–2–2–2–2
Fret 2
2–4–2–3–2–5
Fret 3
X–X–4–3–5–5
Fret 8
X–9–8–9–10–X

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys