Guitar arpeggio
F# Minor Add9 Guitar Arpeggio
F# Minor Add9 is a four-note added-tone arpeggio built from F#, A, C#, and G#. It is also commonly called F# Minor Add 9, F#madd9, and F# min add9. Use it to study chord tones, interval formulas, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Chord tones
- F#, A, C#, G#
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 9
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 14
- Chord symbols
- F#madd9, F#minadd9
- Also called
- F# Minor Add 9F#madd9F# min add9
How to read this arpeggio
The chord tones are shown as pitch classes first. In the fretboard tool, square markers represent F# root notes, while circular markers represent the remaining tones in the arpeggio.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the F# root notes and connect the remaining minor add9 chord tones across standard tuning.
This same arpeggio shape is also commonly called F# Minor Add 9 or F#madd9 or F# min add9.
Chord construction and defining tones
F# minor add9 is defined by b3 (A) and 9 (G#). It keeps the minor triad and adds the ninth without adding a seventh.
Harmonic use
Use this arpeggio over F#madd9 and minor chords where the natural ninth is part of the voicing or melody.
Practice this arpeggio on guitar
- Play the F# Minor Add9 arpeggio from one F# root to the next in at least two fretboard positions, saying each note name and interval degree aloud.
- Connect b3 (A) and 9 (G#) across two octaves and compare the color of the ninth against the minor third.
- Play over F#madd9, treating the ninth as a color tone that resolves to the root or minor third.
Fretboard diagram
Open this arpeggio in the fretboard tool
Start with F# Minor Add9 loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboard