Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

Em♯9E Minor Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

Em♯9 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (4 4 5 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (16 16 17 19) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (x 21 21 22) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 5 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 5 2) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (4 4 5 7) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 9 9 10) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (16 16 17 19) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (x 21 21 22) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x 2) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 2) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 5 2) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 5 2) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How Em♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 5

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