Ninths
F dominant 9th chord
A dominant 7th with an added 9th — funky and full.
- Notes
- FACE♭G
- Formula
- 135♭79
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
How to play F9
About the F dominant 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, F9 is one of the friendlier shapes: 1010xx needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the B and high E strings.
On piano, F9 has one black key (E♭) and four white keys. In root position it spans more than an octave, so many pianists play the root with the left hand and the rest with the right.
On ukulele the usual F9 shape is 0310, using two fingers.
