Guitar chord · Ninths
F♯ major 9th chord on guitar
213121 · Barre · 1st fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play F♯maj9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Rich and dreamy; the major 7th extended with a 9th.
- Notes
- F♯A♯C♯E♯G♯
- Formula
- 13579
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · major 7th · major 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 1st fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) F♯
- 5th string (A): 1st fret, held by the barre A♯
- 4th string (D): 3rd fret, pinky finger (4) E♯
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, held by the barre G♯
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) C♯
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, held by the barre E♯
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--2---| G|--1---| D|--3---| A|--1---| E|--2---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every F♯maj9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing F♯maj9 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play F♯maj9 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 1st fret (213121).
Notice the E♯ in F♯maj9 (F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯ G♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (F–A–C–E–G), so the major 7th has to be written E♯ rather than F — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
