Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F7♭9F Dominant 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G♯ · B

How to play it

F7♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 0 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 9 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

F7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 0 2 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 5 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 5 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 11 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 9 8 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

F Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How F7♭9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensedramaticexotic

Genres

jazzclassicallatin

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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