Guitar chords · Major 9th
Fmaj9 chord on guitar
Fmaj9 (F major 9th) has five notes: F, A, C, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Shapes
How to play Fmaj9
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Fmaj9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 1
A shape · fret 8
Notes and formula
What makes Fmaj9 major 9th
A major 9th chord adds the 9th to a major A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.. It is even softer and more open than maj7, a favourite of neo-soul, jazz and ballads. Keep the 3rd, the 7th and the 9th; drop the 5th first.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd, the 7th and the 9th make Fmaj9 a major 9th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- FRroot
- A3essential
- C5optional
- E7essential
- G9essential
- F, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with Fmaj9
Fmaj9 belongs to four keys: C major (IVmaj9), F major (Imaj9), A minor (VImaj9) and D minor (IIImaj9).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Fmaj9 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Fmaj9 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Fmaj9/A
Fmaj9 with its 3rd, A, in the bass.
- Fmaj9/C
Fmaj9 with its 5th, C, in the bass.
- Fmaj9/E
Fmaj9 with its 7th, E, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on F
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- F major
- Fm minor
- F7 dominant 7th
- Fmaj7 major 7th
- Fm7 minor 7th
- Fsus2 suspended 2nd
- Fsus4 suspended 4th
- F6 major 6th
- Fm6 minor 6th
- Fadd9 add 9
- F9 dominant 9th
- Fm9 minor 9th
- F13 dominant 13th
- Fmaj13 major 13th
- Fm11 minor 11th
- F° diminished
- Fm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- F°7 diminished 7th
- F+ augmented
- F5 power chord
- F7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Fm(maj7) minor major 7th
- F6/9 six-nine
- Fm(add9) minor add 9
- F7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Fmaj9, in short
- What notes are in the Fmaj9 chord?
- Fmaj9 (F major 9th) has five notes: F, A, C, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3, 5, 7 and 9.
- How do you play Fmaj9 on guitar?
- Fmaj9 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8.
- What key is Fmaj9 in?
- Fmaj9 belongs to four keys: C major (IVmaj9), F major (Imaj9), A minor (VImaj9) and D minor (IIImaj9).