Major family
F six-nine chord
F6/9F six-nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 7
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 7.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F1
- ♭2
- G9
- ♭3
- A3
- 4
- ♭5
- C5
- ♯5
- D6
- ♭7
- 7
- F Root
- A Major 3rd
- C Perfect 5th
- D Major 6th
- G Major 9th
About this chord
What is an F six-nine chord?
F6/9 is built from 5 notes: F (the root), A (the 3), C (the 5), D (the 6), G (the 9). Warm and floating, a favourite final chord in jazz and bossa nova.
- Notes
- F · A · C · D · G
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 9
- Also written
- F69
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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