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F#9 Guitar Chord

A full, rich sound. A staple chord of funk and R&B music. Automatically includes the seventh — if you don't want it, use add9. On guitar, the fifth is often omitted.

Guitar

Strings 2–4–2–3–2–4

How to play the F#9 chord on guitar

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

Notation for F#9 chord

Other names: F# dominant 9th, F# 9th, F# 9

Music theory name: dominant ninth chord

Common name: F# ninth chord

Intervals and tones in F#9 chord

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

All Variations

Open
2–4–2–3–2–4
Fret 3
X–X–4–3–5–4
Fret 8
9–9–8–9–9–9
Fret 11
X–11–11–11–11–12

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys