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F minor ninth · Frets 1–3
Fm9 guitar chord
What it is
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F half-diminished ninth · Open position
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F major ninth · Open position
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F major ninth sharp eleven · Open position
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How to play Fm9 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the five strings from the low E to the B at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 3rd fret.
From the low E string 1 3 1 1 1 3 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Fm9
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 D string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 4th fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Fm9, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 4 strings
What notes are in Fm9?
Fm9, F minor ninth, is F, A♭, C, E♭ and G: the root (F), the minor third (A♭), the perfect fifth (C), the minor seventh (E♭) and the ninth (G). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9.
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