Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

EM(add9)E Major Added 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · A♯

How to play it

EM(add9) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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 Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 4 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

EM(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 4 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 x 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 6 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 4 4 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 4 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 6 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 6 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 9 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How EM(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

poprockr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭5

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