Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

FmM9F Minor major 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F · A · C

How to play it

FmM9 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 Minor major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 17 18 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

FmM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 5 5 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 5 6 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 17 17 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Minor major 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 17 18 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How FmM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 1 · 3 · 5

Same notes asFmM7(add9)

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