Chord

F# Dominant #9

  • F#7#9
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Notes and intervals
F#M3A#m3C#m3E4A
Extends
F# Dominant 7

F# Dominant #9, written F#7#9, is built from F#, A#, C#, E and A: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and sharp 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, A# and E, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. C7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for F#7#9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    F# Super Locrian

  2. Mode of Diminished

    F# Half-Whole

    The diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps to produce a symmetric scale...

Voicings All 8