Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

FM9F Major 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · C

How to play it

FM9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 14 14 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 14 16 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

FM9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 4 2) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 14 14 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Major 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 14 16 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How FM9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5

Same notes asFM7(add9)

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