Minor family
F♯ minor ninth chord
F♯m9F♯ minor ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 7
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F♯1
- ♭2
- G♯9
- A♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- C♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- E♭7
- 7
- F♯ Root
- A Minor 3rd
- C♯ Perfect 5th
- E Minor 7th
- G♯ Major 9th
About this chord
What is an F♯ minor ninth chord?
F♯m9 is built from 5 notes: F♯ (the root), A (the ♭3), C♯ (the 5), E (the ♭7), G♯ (the 9). The minor seventh with a ninth: deep, soft and modern.
- Notes
- F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
- Also written
- F♯min9 · F♯-9
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain F♯m9
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