Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Em6♭9E Minor 6th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

How to play it

Em6♭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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 x 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 x 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 1 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Em6♭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 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 0 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 x 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 0 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 0 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 x 1 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 1 2 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 1 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Em6♭9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinisteruneasy

Genres

film score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

Explore

More ways to play E Minor 6th Flat 9th

Browse the rest of the E chords in this tuning, or open Em6♭9 in the app for every voicing.

Em6♭9 in other tunings:

See & hear Em6♭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