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F9b5 Guitar Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone. Often serves as a tritone substitution for the dominant. The fifth is already altered, so the perfect fifth is not played — the remaining notes are all included.

Guitar

Strings 1–0–1–0–0–1

How to play the F9b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–0–1–0–0–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 1 · index finger
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Fret 1 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Play open
2nd string (B) Play open
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · ring finger

Notation for F9b5 chord

Other names: F 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: F 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in F9b5 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
H Diminished 5th
Eb Minor 7th
G Major 9th

All Variations

Open
1–0–1–0–0–1
Fret 7
X–8–7–8–8–7
Fret 8
X–8–9–0–10–11
Fret 12
13–12–13–0–0–13

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using F9b5

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