Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯o9F♯ Diminished ninth

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Dtone

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

How to play it

F♯o9 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 ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 x 3 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 x 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

F♯o9 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 ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 x 3 4 3 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 0 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 x 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 0 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How F♯o9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A · D

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

Same notes asF♯o7(add9)

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