Fmaj9

F1A3C5E7G9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

102010

open

Fig. 3

103010

open

Fig. 4

102011

moderate

Fig. 5

10201x

open

Fig. 6

102013

moderate

What is true of it

Fmaj9 is F, A, C, E and G — 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 102010: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

3 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fmaj9/A

x03010

second inversion

Fmaj9/C

x33055

third inversion

Fmaj9/E

003010

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

Fadd9added ninth F9dominant ninth Fm9minor ninth Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

Cmaj9 C♯maj9 D♭maj9 Dmaj9 D♯maj9 E♭maj9 Emaj9 F♯maj9 all 374