CHORD REFERENCE

Fmaj9

F – A – C – E – G1 3 5 7 9

The F Major 9th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F1A3C5E7G9

Fmaj9 is F, A, C, E, G — the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 above the root F.

Piano
FACEG
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEFGACEBCEFGAGGACEFGDEFGACAACEFGAEEFGACE

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AACEFGAEEFGACECCEFGACGGACEFG

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F, A, C, E, G plays the chord.

In which keys

Fmaj9 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

IVC majorIF major♭IIID minor♭VIA minor
Other F chords

Triads

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus2Suspended 2ndFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm7Minor 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thFm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F7♭97♭9F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 13th
Major 9th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

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