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

FM♭9F Major Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Btone

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

How to play it

FM♭9 fingering positions

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

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

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

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

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

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

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

F Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 3 x 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

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

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

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

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

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

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

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 3 2 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

F Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 3 x 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How FM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · ♭5

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