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F half-diminished ninth · Open position
Fm9♭5 guitar chord
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How to play Fm9♭5 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the low E to the G at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 3rd fret. Let the B string ring open.
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An easier Fm9♭5
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your index finger on the low E string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the D string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Let the G and B strings ring open.
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Fm9♭5, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 6 strings
What notes are in Fm9♭5?
Fm9♭5, F half-diminished ninth, is F, A♭, C♭, E♭ and G: the root (F), the minor third (A♭), the diminished fifth (C♭), the minor seventh (E♭) and the ninth (G). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.
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