Guitar chord · Ninths
F minor 9th chord on guitar
131044 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Fm9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- FA♭CE♭G
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 3 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 1st fret, held by the barre F
- 5th string (A): 3rd fret, middle finger (2) C
- 4th string (D): 1st fret, held by the barre E♭
- 3rd string (G): play open G
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, ring finger (3) E♭
- 1st string (high E): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) A♭
Tablature
e|--4---| B|--4---| G|--0---| D|--1---| A|--3---| E|--1---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Fm9 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Fm9 on guitar
On guitar, Fm9 has an open-position shape, 131044, using four fingers alongside the open strings.
