Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

FM9♭5F Major 9th Flat 5th

A♯Root
Dtone
Etone
Atone
Ctone

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

How to play it

FM9♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 0 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 x 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 9 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 12 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 0 0 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 5 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 x 8 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 9 8 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 10 9 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 12 10 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How FM9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dreamyfloating
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7 · 3 · 5
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