Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

FM♭9F Major Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Btone

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

How to play it

FM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 x 4 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 7 4 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 7 7 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 7 10 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 x 4 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 6 4 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 7 4 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 7 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 7 7 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 7 10 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How FM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · ♭5

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