Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

FM9(add4)F Major 9th Added 4th

A♯Root

Dtone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 4 · 6 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes A♯ · D · D♯ · F · A · C

How to play it

FM9(add4) 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 Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 0 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 19 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

FM9(add4) 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 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 0 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 0 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 0 5 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 5 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 19 17 19 19) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How FM9(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densetense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · D♯ · F · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5

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