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

Fø7♭9F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

Fø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 6 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 11 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 12 11 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Fø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 6 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 6 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 9 7 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 x 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 11 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 12 11 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
Sound

How Fø7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bleakdissonant
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5
Same notes asFø♭9Fo♭9
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