Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

EmM7♭9E Minor major 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

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

How to play it

EmM7♭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 major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 x 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 3 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 4 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 3 x 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 3 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

EmM7♭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 major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 x 0 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 3 0 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 4 0 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 3 x 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 3 0 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 3 0 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How EmM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · A

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

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