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Chord Shapes

Know the chord but not where to put your fingers? Pick it below to see the ways to play it, grouped by position on the neck.

Fmaj9

F major ninth

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F
C
E
1 0 2 0 1 03 fingers
F
C
F
1 0 3 0 1 03 fingers
F
C
F
E
1 0 2 0 1 14 fingers

1st position

F
C
E
A
G
1 × 2 2 1 3barre · 4 fingers
C
F
E
A
G
3 × 2 2 1 1barre · 4 fingers

2nd position

2fr
A
F
G
E
× × 3 2 5 34 fingers
2fr
A
F
G
E
× 0 3 2 5 34 fingers
2fr
A
G
F
E
3 0 3 2 5 ×4 fingers

3rd position

3fr
C
F
G
A
C
E
5 3 3 5 5 3barre · 4 fingers
3fr
G
C
F
C
E
A
3 3 3 5 5 5barre · 4 fingers
3fr
F
E
A
× × 3 0 5 53 fingers

5th position

5fr
G
C
E
A
F
× 8 5 5 5 5barre · 2 fingers
5fr
A
G
C
E
A
F
5 8 5 5 5 5barre · 2 fingers
5fr
A
G
C
A
F
E
5 7 5 5 6 5barre · 3 fingers

7th position

7fr
A
F
G
E
× 8 7 9 8 ×4 fingers
7fr
A
F
G
E
× 8 7 9 8 04 fingers
7fr
E
A
G
C
F
× 7 7 10 8 8barre · 4 fingers

8th position

8fr
F
C
A
× 8 10 0 10 03 fingers
8fr
C
F
C
A
8 8 10 0 10 04 fingers
8fr
C
G
C
F
8 0 10 10 8 04 fingers

10th position

10fr
G
C
F
A
E
E
12 10 10 10 10 12barre · 3 fingers
10fr
G
C
F
A
E
× 10 10 10 10 12barre · 2 fingers
10fr
G
C
F
A
E
12 10 10 10 10 ×barre · 2 fingers

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