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

Fm♭9F Minor Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Btone

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

How to play it

Fm♭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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 14 x 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 x 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 2 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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

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

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

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 14 15 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 14 x 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Fm♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · B

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

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