F#m9 Guitar Chord

How to play F#m9: a minor 9th built on F#, with 2 voicings, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagrams

7X
A common voicing
XX
Voicing 2

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the 7th fret. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

F#m9 and Gbm9 are the same pitches spelled two ways, so the fingerings are identical. See Gbm9 for the other spelling.

More Voicings of F#m9

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to F#. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

XX
Open position
7XX
Fret 7
9XX
Fret 9
12XX
Fret 12

Notes & Intervals in F#m9

NoteF#AC#EG#
IntervalRb35b79

F#m9 is a minor 9th with F# as its root. The full theoretical spelling is F#, A, C#, E, G#. This voicing sounds every chord tone.

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