Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F9♭5F Dominant 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

F9♭5 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 3 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

F9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 0 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 3 0 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 1 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 2 2 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

F Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 0 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How F9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · G♯ · C

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

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