Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Em9E Minor 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

Em9 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 Minor 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 7 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar chord — 15th position (16 16 15 16 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar chord — 15th position (16 16 15 17 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Em9 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 Minor 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 7 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar tab — 15th position (16 16 15 16 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 9th guitar tab — 15th position (16 16 15 17 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Em9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

wistfullushintrospective

Genres

jazzr&bneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

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

Same notes asEm7(add9)

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