Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F°♭9F Diminished Flat 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
Btone

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

How to play it

F°♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 x 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 x 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 x x 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 x x 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x x 13 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

F°♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 x 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 x 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 x x 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 x x 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x x 13 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 11 x 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Sound

How F°♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sinistergrating
Genres
film score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · B
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭5
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