Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Fø7(add9)F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Fø7(add9) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 5 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 6 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 17 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 18 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Fø7(add9) 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 Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 5 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 6 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 17 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Half-Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 18 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Fø7(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asFø9 Fm9♭5

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