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

Fm7♭9F Minor 7th Flat 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Ftone
G♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

Fm7♭9 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 Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 11 13 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 x 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 13 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 13 x 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 13 13 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Fm7♭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 Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 9 x 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 11 13 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 13 13 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 x 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 13 x 13 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 13 x 10 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 13 13 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Fm7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
uneasydark
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
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