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F#69 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand F#3 fingers 5
Right hand Bb3 · Eb4 · Ab4 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the F#69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play F#3 with the left hand and Bb3, Eb4 and Ab4 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth C# can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Notation for F#69 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 F#69 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C# Perfect 5th
Eb Major 6th
Ab Major 9th

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