Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

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

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2, 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 — 5th position (x 8 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 8 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 11 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (x 20 17 17 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (x 20 17 20 17) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

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 — 5th position (x 8 5 5 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 8 5 8 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 11 x 14) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 11 14 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 11 14 13) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (x 20 17 17 20) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (x 20 17 20 17) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How FM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · ♭5

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