Ukulele chord · Ninths
F♯ major 9th chord on ukulele
1111 · Barre · 1st fret
All 4 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
4 ways to play F♯maj9 on ukulele, 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
Ukulele
Standard G C E A tuning · 4 voicings · G string on the left
How to play it · Barre · 1st fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 4 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 4th string (G): 1st fret, held by the barre G♯
- 3rd string (C): 1st fret, held by the barre C♯
- 2nd string (E): 1st fret, held by the barre E♯
- 1st string (A): 1st fret, held by the barre A♯
Tablature
A|--1---| E|--1---| C|--1---| G|--1---|
Top line is the A string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every F♯maj9 note on the ukulele 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 ukulele
On ukulele the usual F♯maj9 shape is 1111, with the index finger barring all four strings at the 1st fret. It leaves out the root, which a bass player (or your ear) fills in.
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.
