Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

EM♭9E Major Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · A

How to play it

EM♭9 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1, 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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 4 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (15 15 x 14 17) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (15 15 x 17 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

EM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 3 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 4 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 4 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 4 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 4 5 5) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (15 15 x 14 17) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (15 15 x 17 14) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Sound

How EM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 4

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