F 13b9 Chord on Guitalele

Play F 13b9 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The F 13b9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes F, Gb, A, C, D, Eb. This page shows how to play F 13b9 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 8 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. F falls on the A string. It sounds from F3 up to Gb5.

Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on F or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.