Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

Em9♯5E Minor 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

Em9♯5 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (16 17 14 17 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

Em9♯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 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 4 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (16 17 14 17 16) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How Em9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

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