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

FM9F Major 9th

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone
Atone
Ctone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F · A · C

How to play it

FM9 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 guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 9 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 10 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

FM9 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 guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 5 5 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 9 8 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 10 8 7 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Major 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How FM9 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
lushserenesophisticated
Genres
jazzr&bsoul
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5
Same notes asFM7(add9)
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FM9 in other tunings:

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