Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯M9F♯ Major 9th

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Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G · B · D

How to play it

F♯M9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 x 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 0 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 x 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 0 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 2 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 2 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

F♯M9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 x 0 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 0 0 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 4 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 x 0 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 0 0 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 2 0 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 2 0 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How F♯M9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asF♯M7(add9)

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