F♯add9 / G♭add9

4-note added 9th on F♯ / G♭F♯, G♯, A♯, C♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A plain major triad with the ninth added and NO seventh — brighter than a 9 chord, open and modern.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1F♯root
9G♯ninth
3A♯major third
5C♯perfect fifth

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F♯): 1, 9, 3, 5. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

3244
open position
3214
open position
6fr32141
from fret 6
8fr2134
from fret 8

Ukulele fingerings · 4

2
open position
3fr1422
from fret 3
6fr1314
from fret 6
9fr3214
from fret 9

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other F♯ / G♭ chords

add9 chords on every root