Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Fo7♭9F Diminished 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Btone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G · B

How to play it

Fo7♭9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 6 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 6 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 6 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 8 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 11 13 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Fo7♭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 Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 2 3 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 6 3 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 6 6 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 6 6 x 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 6 6 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 6 6 8 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 8 9 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 11 13 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Fo7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5

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