F#9 guitar chord

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About F#9

F#9 keeps the dominant notes of and includes the : F#, A#, C#, E and G#. A plain 9 chord includes the flat 7th.

The major 3rd and flat 7th still identify the dominant. The 9th can carry the upper line into the next chord.

Also written F#dom9 or F# dominant 9.

F#9 guitar chord diagram: F#, A#, C#, E, G#, played x9899x
F#9 guitar chord voicing: x-9-8-9-9-x.

How to use F#9

1In place of a V7

V in B major

F#9 goes wherever a dominant seventh goes; the ninth is only an added colour. When the chord resolves, the ninth does what the seventh does and falls a step.

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Listen for: The ninth falls a whole step to the fifth of the I. On the plain seventh chord that string plays the root, which just holds.

In which keys. Every note of F#9 belongs to Ab minor and B major.

What to play over F#9

Useful scales

  • +BD#

    Contains F#9 and adds eleventh and thirteenth.

  • +B#D#

    Adds sharp eleventh and thirteenth, for a dominant sharp-eleventh color.

Every scale

Chords near F#9

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Change one note

  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    E → E#

    Raise the flat seventh to the major seventh.

    See F#maj9 chord →
  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    A# → A

    Lower the major third to the minor third.

    See F#m9 chord →
  • 1st inversion
    1st inversion
    E → D#

    Lower the flat seventh to the sixth.

    See F#69 chord →
  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    C# → C

    Lower the fifth to the flat fifth.

    See F#9b5 chord →
  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    C# → D

    Raise the fifth to the sharp fifth.

    See F#aug9 chord →
  • 3rd inversion
    3rd inversion
    G# → G

    Lower the ninth to the flat ninth.

    See F#7b9 chord →

Dominant seventh chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

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