Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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 D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 — Open (3 1 2 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 0 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 14 14 13 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 15th position (15 15 17 15 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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 — Open (3 1 2 2 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 0 5 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 14 14 13 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

F Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 15th position (15 15 17 15 17 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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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