F# m6/9 Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro

Play F# m6/9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The F# m6/9 chord is a minor sixth chord with a bittersweet, jazzy character. It is built from the notes F#, G#, A, C#, D#. This page shows how to play F# m6/9 on Puerto Rican Cuatro with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the A string open and takes the rest at fret 4, reaching across 5 frets. F# falls on the B string. It sounds from G#3 up to D#5.

Puerto Rican Cuatro is strung in five courses of two, the lower two paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

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.