Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Fo♭9F Diminished minor ninth

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

Fo♭9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 16 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Fo♭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 Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 4 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 16 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 18 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Fo♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asFø♭9 Fø7♭9

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