F#add9

F#add9 is F#, A#, C# and G#, a add nine. The shape this page opens on is written 21x122, lowest string first.

Also written F#(add9), F#add2 or F# add nine. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 5 common shapes for F#add9 on the guitar, and 21 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of F#add9 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: 21x122, xx43x4, x98696, x98x99, 14-13-x-13-14-x.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. F#add9 has xx4324, 4443xx, xx6676, x-11-11-11-11-x, x1412x, x4637x, 6966xx, x9869x.

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#add9 has x1x122, 4x432x, x4x374, x9x696, 6x667x, 9-x-8-11-9-x, x-11-x-11-11-9, 14-x-11-13-11-x.

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