Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Fø9F Half-Diminished 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone
Ctone

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

How to play it

Fø9 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 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 x 0 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 0 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 7 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

Fø9 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 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 x 0 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 0 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 7 8 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
F Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 8 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How Fø9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
fragiletensebittersweet
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5
Same notes asFm9♭5Fø7(add9)
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