Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Fø9F Half-Diminished 9th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Fø9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 0 0 x 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 x 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 0 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Fø9 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 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 0 0 x 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 x 0 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 0 0 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 3 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 0 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 x 3 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How Fø9 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 asFm9♭5 Fø7(add9)

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