Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Fø♭9♯5F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

How to play it

Fø♭9♯5 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 Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 6 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (17 16 15 15 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 18 18 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Fø♭9♯5 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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 6 6 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (17 16 15 15 16 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 18 18 18 18) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Fø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asFo♭9♯5

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