Chord

Fb Major 9

  • Fbmaj9
  • FbM9
  • FbΔ9
  • Fbmajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
FbM3Abm3CbM3Ebm3Gb
Extends
Fb Major 7

Fb Major 9, written Fbmaj9, is built from Fb, Ab, Cb, Eb and Gb: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Ab and Eb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    Fb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    Fb Lydian

Voicings All 8