CHORD REFERENCE

F♯add9

F♯ – A♯ – C♯ – G♯1 3 5 9

Also written G♭add9 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The F♯ Added 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
F♯1A♯3C♯5G♯9

F♯add9 is F#, A#, C#, G# — the 1, 3, 5 and 9 above the root F♯.

Piano
F♯A♯C♯G♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯G♯A♯C♯BC♯F♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯F♯DF♯G♯A♯C♯AA♯C♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯A♯C♯

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)

357912AA♯C♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯A♯C♯CC♯F♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯F♯

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

In which keys

F♯add9 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other F♯ chords

Triads

F♯MajorF♯mMinorF♯5Power Chord (5)F♯dimDiminishedF♯augAugmentedF♯sus2Suspended 2ndF♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F♯6Major 6thF♯m6Minor 6thF♯7Dominant 7thF♯maj7Major 7thF♯m7Minor 7thF♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thF♯dim7Diminished 7thF♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

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

Extended & added

F♯6/96/9F♯9Dominant 9thF♯maj9Major 9thF♯m9Minor 9thF♯11Dominant 11thF♯13Dominant 13th
Added 9th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

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