Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

EmM9♯5E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · E · G · A♯

How to play it

EmM9♯5 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 major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 17 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

EmM9♯5 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 major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 4 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 16 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 17 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How EmM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

hauntinglush

Genres

film score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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