Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

EM11♭9E Major 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

EM11♭9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 0 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 5 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 17 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

EM11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 0 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 5 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 17 16 18 18) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How EM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · G · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6

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