Guitar chords · Six-nine
F♯6/9 chord on guitar (F#6/9)
F♯6/9 (F♯ six-nine) has five notes: F♯, A♯, C♯, D♯ and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
Shapes
How to play F♯6/9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
F♯6/9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the A shape at fret 9. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 2
A shape · fret 9
Notes and formula
What makes F♯6/9 six-nine
A 6/9 chord adds both the 6th and the 9th to a major A three-note chord stacked in 3rds: a root, a 3rd and a 5th. Major, minor, diminished and augmented chords are triads., with no 7th. It sounds rich but settled, so it often ends a song in jazz and bossa nova. Keep the 3rd, the 6th and the 9th; the 5th can go.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the 6th and the 9th make F♯6/9 a six-nine chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- F♯Rroot
- A♯3essential
- C♯5optional
- D♯6essential
- G♯9essential
- F♯, the root
- Other chord tones
F♯6/9 and G♭6/9 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with F♯6/9
F♯6/9 belongs to six keys: B major (V6/9), F♯ major (I6/9), C♯ major (IV6/9), G♯ minor (VII6/9), D♯ minor (III6/9) and A♯ minor (VI6/9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Same root
Other chords on F♯ / G♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- F♯ major
- F♯m minor
- F♯7 dominant 7th
- F♯maj7 major 7th
- F♯m7 minor 7th
- F♯sus2 suspended 2nd
- F♯sus4 suspended 4th
- F♯6 major 6th
- F♯m6 minor 6th
- F♯add9 add 9
- F♯9 dominant 9th
- F♯maj9 major 9th
- F♯m9 minor 9th
- F♯13 dominant 13th
- F♯maj13 major 13th
- F♯m11 minor 11th
- F♯° diminished
- F♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- F♯°7 diminished 7th
- G♭+ augmented
- F♯5 power chord
- F♯7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- F♯m(maj7) minor major 7th
- F♯m(add9) minor add 9
- F♯7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
F♯6/9, in short
- What notes are in the F♯6/9 chord?
- F♯6/9 (F♯ six-nine) has five notes: F♯, A♯, C♯, D♯ and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 6 and 9.
- How do you play F♯6/9 on guitar?
- F♯6/9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the A shape at fret 9.
- What key is F♯6/9 in?
- F♯6/9 belongs to six keys: B major (V6/9), F♯ major (I6/9), C♯ major (IV6/9), G♯ minor (VII6/9), D♯ minor (III6/9) and A♯ minor (VI6/9).
- Is F♯6/9 the same as G♭6/9?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. F♯6/9 is the spelling in B major, F♯ major, C♯ major, G♯ minor, D♯ minor and A♯ minor; G♭6/9 in C♭ major, G♭ major, D♭ major, A♭ minor, E♭ minor and B♭ minor.