Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Fm9♭5F Minor 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Fm9♭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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

Fm9♭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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Fm9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asFø9 Fø7(add9)

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