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Fmmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings 1–3–2–1–1–3

How to play the Fmmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 1–3–2–1–1–3 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) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for Fmmaj9 chord

Other names: F minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: F minor major ninth chord

Intervals and tones in Fmmaj9 chord

Note Interval
F Root
Ab Minor 3rd
C Perfect 5th
E Major 7th
G Major 9th

All Variations

Open
1–3–2–1–1–3
Fret 3
X–X–3–0–5–4
Fret 6
X–8–6–9–8–X
Fret 11
13–11–X–12–13–0

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys