F#madd9

F#madd9 is F#, A, C# and G#, a minor add nine. The shape this page opens on is written 244224, lowest string first.

Note by note. F# is the root, A is the minor third, C# is the fifth and G# is the ninth.

Also written F#m(add9), F#min(add9) or F#-add9. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 7 common shapes for F#madd9 on the guitar, and 21 derived voicings in 2 families.

One note away. Change a single note of F#madd9 and you have F#m (with one note taken away), F#sus2 (with one note taken away), F#sus2sus4 (with one note moved), F#m6 (with one note moved), F#m69 (with one note added) or F#m7 (with one note moved).

In which keys. Every note of F#madd9 belongs to C# minor (the iv), E major (the ii), F# minor (the i) and A major (the vi).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 244224, xx4224, xx7674, x9769x, x97x99, x-12-11-11-9-x, 14-12-x-13-14-x.

Under the hand. None of the shapes for F#madd9 uses an open string, so every one of them is movable; the lowest sits at the 2nd fret. 2 of the 7 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 2nd fret to the 14th.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. F#madd9 has xx4224, 4442xx, xx6675, x-11-11-11-10-x, x0412x, 5966xx, x9769x, x-x-7-11-9-9.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. F#madd9 has x0x122, 4x422x, x9x695, 5x667x, 9-x-7-11-9-x, x-11-x-11-10-9, 14-x-11-13-10-x, x-12-x-13-14-14.

What kind of chord this is. F#madd9 is a minor chord — root, minor third, fifth. minor chords on every root, and what they are for.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.