Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

FM(add9)F Major Added 9th

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone
Ctone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 5  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F · C

How to play it

FM(add9) fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 7 7 10) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 7 10 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 19th position (x 22 19 19 22) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar chord — 19th position (x 22 19 22 19) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

FM(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 0 x 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 0 5 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 0 3 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 0 5 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 7 7 10) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 7 10 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 19th position (x 22 19 19 22) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
F Major Added 9th guitar tab — 19th position (x 22 19 22 19) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How FM(add9) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
brightupliftingfresh
Genres
poprockr&b
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 5
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