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

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 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 12 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 12 12 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 12) 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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 6 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 12 12 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 12 13 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 12 12 x 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Fm9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
fragiletensebittersweet
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5
Same notes asFø9Fø7(add9)
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