F# 9b5 Chord on Guitalele

Play F# 9b5 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The F# 9b5 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes F#, G#, A#, C, E. This page shows how to play F# 9b5 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 9 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. F# falls on the A string. It sounds from F#3 up to G#5.

Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.

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.