Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Eø♭9E Half-Diminished minor ninth

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

How to play it

Eø♭9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 15 15 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 15 17 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Eø♭9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 15 15 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Half-Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 15 17 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Eø♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asEo♭9 Eø7♭9

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