8-string bass · Standard
F major ninth · Open position
Fmaj9 8-string bass chord
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How to play Fmaj9 on 8-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the E, A, G, C and F strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and B strings.
From the F♯ string x x 0 0 2 0 0 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Fmaj9?
Fmaj9, F major ninth, is F, A, C, E and G: the root (F), the major third (A), the perfect fifth (C), the major seventh (E) and the ninth (G). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.
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Fmaj9 on other instruments
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