Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 6 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 x 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 8 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 11 11 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 x 15 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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 — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 6 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 6 8 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 8 6 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 x 6 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 8 6 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 8 11 11 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 11 11 8 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 x 15 16 18 16) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Fø7♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

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

Same notes asFø♭9 Fo♭9

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