Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Em7♯9E Minor 7th Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone
F♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x x 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 4 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 4 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x x 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 x 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 4 x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 4 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How Em7♯9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
thickdark
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 5
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