F♯ Minor 9th
F#m9 · Root
Every chord tone stacked from the root up.
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F♯ – A – C♯ – E – G♯
1 – b3 – 5 – b7 – 9
A minor ninth commonly serves as a minor ii or tonic color, with Dorian or Aeolian providing the scale context. It may resolve to a dominant when used as ii; pianists often omit the 5th, and sometimes the root with bass.
The F#m9 chord sounds silky smooth and deeply expressive. Its notes are F#, A, C#, E, G#. This chord is commonly heard in jazz, and R&B and soul.