Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Fo9F Diminished ninth

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Ctone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · C

How to play it

Fo9 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 ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 6 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 0 0 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 0 6 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar chord — 15th position (17 16 15 18 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Fo9 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 ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 6 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 0 0 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 0 5 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 0 6 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Diminished ninth guitar tab — 15th position (17 16 15 18 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Fo9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · C

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 5

Same notes asFo7(add9)

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