Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

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

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · 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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 x 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 4 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 4 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 5 6) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 x 5 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 6 5 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 x x 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

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 (x 4 0 1 x 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 x 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 0 1 4 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 4 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 5 6) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 x 5 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 6 5 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

E Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 x x 10 11 12) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM♭9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

jazzexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 4

Explore

More ways to play E Major Flat 9th

Browse the rest of the E chords in this tuning, or open EM♭9 in the app for every voicing.

EM♭9 in other tunings:

See & hear EM♭9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store