Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Em7♭9E Minor 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A

How to play it

Em7♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 14 13 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Em7♭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 Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 1 1 3) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 10 13) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 13 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 14 13 13 15) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em7♭9 sounds

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4

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