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

FM7♭9F Major 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Btone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · B

How to play it

FM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 0 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 0 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 12 12 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 12 12 x 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 12 12 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

FM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 0 3 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 5 3 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 0 0 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 9 8 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 12 12 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 12 12 x 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

F Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 12 12 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How FM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5

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