Guitar Upscale7#9 Chord (Hendrix Chord) on guitar
A 7#9 chord is a dominant 7th chord with a sharp ninth, the gritty Hendrix chord of rock and funk.
| Written as | C7#9 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 3 5 b7 #9 |
| Notes in C | C E G Bb D# |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 4, 7, 10, 15 |
About the 7#9 Chord
E7#9 is E, G#, B, D and G. The sharp 9th sounds like a minor 3rd over the major 3rd.
Jimi Hendrix made it famous in "Purple Haze", which is why guitarists call it the Hendrix chord.
The usual shape has its root on the A string at the 7th fret for E7#9.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 3: Major 3rd, 4 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- b7: Minor 7th, 10 semitones above the root
- #9: Sharp 9th, 15 semitones above the root
7#9 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
C7#9: C E G Bb D#
G7#9: G B D F A#
D7#9: D F# A C E#
A7#9: A C# E G B#
E7#9: E G# B D G
B7#9: B D# F# A D
F#7#9: F# A# C# E A
Db7#9: Db F Ab Cb E
Ab7#9: Ab C Eb Gb B
Eb7#9: Eb G Bb Db F#
Bb7#9: Bb D F Ab C#
F7#9: F A C Eb G#
Scales to play over C7#9
Each of these scales, started on C, holds every note of the chord:
- C Hungarian Major
- C Moorish Phrygian
- C Blues Scale with Both Thirds
- C Chromatic Blues Scale
- C Mixo-Blues Scale
- C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- C Diminished (Half Whole)