Ninths
F major 9th chord
Rich and dreamy; the major 7th extended with a 9th.
- Notes
- FACEG
- Formula
- 13579
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · major 7th · major 9th
How to play Fmaj9
About the F major 9th chord
Playing it
On guitar, Fmaj9 is one of the friendlier shapes: 1020x0 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the B string.
On piano, Fmaj9 sits entirely on 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, Fmaj9 needs no fingers at all: the four open strings — G, C, E and A — spell it out.
