Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

EM♭9E Major Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · A

How to play it

EM♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (x 21 18 18 21) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (x 21 18 21 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

EM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 6 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 9 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (x 21 18 18 21) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (x 21 18 21 18) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How EM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 4

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