F# add9 Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo)
Play F# add9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo): diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The F# add9 chord is an added-ninth chord that layers in a ninth without the seventh for an open, modern sound. It is built from the notes F#, G#, A#, C#. This page shows how to play F# add9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo) with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo): the lowest shape barres fret 1 and covers 4 frets. F# falls on the D string. It sounds from F#3 up to F#4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 5.
Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo) is tuned A–D–G–C–F, with 15 frets to work with.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on F# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.