CHORD REFERENCE

F7♭9

F – A – C – E♭ – G♭1 3 5 b7 b9

The F 7♭9 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F1A3C5E♭b7G♭b9

F7♭9 is F, A, C, Eb, Gb — the 1, 3, 5, b7 and b9 above the root F.

Piano
FACE♭G♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFG♭ACE♭BCE♭FG♭AGACE♭FG♭DE♭FG♭ACAACE♭FG♭AEFG♭ACE♭

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AACE♭FG♭AEFG♭ACE♭CCE♭FG♭ACGACE♭FG♭

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F, A, C, Eb, Gb plays the chord.

In which keys

F7♭9 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other F chords

Triads

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus2Suspended 2ndFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm7Minor 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thFm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFmaj9Major 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 13th
7♭9 on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
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