Dominant family
F♯ dominant seventh flat nine chord
F♯7♭9F♯ dominant seventh flat nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- ♭9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 8
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 2 at fret 8.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F♯1
- G♭9
- 2
- ♭3
- A♯3
- 4
- ♭5
- C♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- E♭7
- 7
- F♯ Root
- A♯ Major 3rd
- C♯ Perfect 5th
- E Minor 7th
- G Minor 9th
About this chord
What is an F♯ dominant seventh flat nine chord?
F♯7♭9 is built from 5 notes: F♯ (the root), A♯ (the 3), C♯ (the 5), E (the ♭7), G (the ♭9). Dark tension that pulls hard towards a minor chord.
- Notes
- F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭9
- Also written
- F♯7(♭9)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Neighbours
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