Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Em6♯9E Minor 6th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Btone

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

How to play it

Em6♯9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3, 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 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 11 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em6♯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 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 6 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 8 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 11 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 11 x 14) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em6♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · B

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

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