Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

EmM9E Minor major 9th

G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone
Gtone
A♯tone

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

How to play it

EmM9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 4 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 7 7 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar chord — 11th position (12 11 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

EmM9 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 guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 4 2 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 7 7 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
E Minor major 9th guitar tab — 11th position (12 11 12 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Sound

How EmM9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
mysteriouscinematicbittersweet
Genres
jazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5
Same notes asEmM7(add9)
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More ways to play E Minor major 9th

Browse the rest of the E chords in this tuning, or open EmM9 in the app for every voicing.

EmM9 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble COpen D

See & hear EmM9 in Chordology

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