Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

EM9♭5E Major 9th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C · D · G · A♯

How to play it

EM9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 x 3 3 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 3 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 3 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 3 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 3 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 3 3 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 4 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

EM9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 x 3 3 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 3 1 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 3 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 3 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 3 1 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 3 3 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 4 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How EM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · G · A♯

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

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