Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

Em(add9)E Minor Added 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

Em(add9) fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 0 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 7 5) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 19 17) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

Read it as tab

Em(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 0 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 7 5) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 19 17) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How Em(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭5

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