Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Fm9♭5F Minor 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Ctone

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

How to play it

Fm9♭5 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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 x 0 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 0 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

Read it as tab

Fm9♭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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 x 0 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 0 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 3 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 7 8 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 8 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Fm9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C

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

Same notes asFø9 Fø7(add9)

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