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

FM9♭5F Major 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Atone

Ctone

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

How to play it

FM9♭5 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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 x 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 1 4 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 1 x 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 x 1 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 x 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 1 4 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 1 4 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 1 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 1 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 1 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How FM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · A · C

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

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