F# m9 Chord on Mandola
How to play the F# m9 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The F# m9 chord is a minor extended chord that stacks higher tensions over a minor-seventh foundation. It is built from the notes F#, G#, A, C#, E. This page shows how to play F# m9 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the A string open and takes the rest at fret 6, reaching across 4 frets. F# falls on the C string. It sounds from F#3 up to A4.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, 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.