Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Fø7♭9F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

Fø7♭9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 13 15 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 16 17 17 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Fø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 1 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 5 5 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 13 15 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 16 17 17 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Fø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

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

Same notes asFø♭9 Fo♭9

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