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

Fm♭9F Minor Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Btone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F · B

How to play it

Fm♭9 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 4 1 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

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

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 14 x 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Fm♭9 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 x 1 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 3 1 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 4 1 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 4 0 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

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

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 14 x 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Fm♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · B

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

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