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

Fm♭9F Minor Flat 9th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Ftone
Btone

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

How to play it

Fm♭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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 x 1 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 1 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x x 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 11 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 11 9 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x x 10 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Fm♭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 Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 x 1 4 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 1 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 1 4 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x x 9 10 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 11 9 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 11 9 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
F Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x x 10 9 10 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Fm♭9 sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

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