F#69

F#69 is F#, A#, C#, D# and G#, a six-nine. The shape this page opens on is written 211122, lowest string first.

Also written F#6/9, F#6add9 or F# six nine. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for F#69 on the guitar, and 38 derived voicings in 4 families.

In which keys. Every note of F#69 belongs to C# major (the IV), Eb minor (the ♭III), F# major (the I), Ab minor (the ♭VII), Bb minor (the ♭VI) and B major (the V).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 211122, xx4344, x44344, x66676, x96876, x98899, x-11-11-11-11-11, 14-13-13-13-14-14.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. F#69 has 2111xx, xx4344, x9889x, 14-13-13-13-x-x.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. F#69 has 2111xx, xx4344, xx6876, x9889x, x-11-13-11-11-x, 14-13-13-13-x-x, x1414x, 4643xx.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. F#69 has x1x142, 4x434x, x6x374, x9x896, 6x687x, 11-x-8-11-9-x, x-11-x-11-11-11, 14-x-13-13-11-x.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. F#69 has x1112x, xx6646, xx8899, x-x-11-13-11-11, x-13-13-13-14-x, xx1324, x4x344, x4634x.

Tensions. A shell of F#69, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (B#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.