Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Em13♯9E Minor 13th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · B · C♯ · F

How to play it

Em13♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 1 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 6 5 3 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 13th position (15 15 13 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (15 18 18 17 15 18) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Em13♯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 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 1 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 3 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 6 5 3 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 13th position (15 15 13 15 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (15 18 18 17 15 18) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em13♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

saturatedthick

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · B · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

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