Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

EM9(add4)E Major 9th Added 4th

G♯Root

Ctone

C♯tone

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

EM9(add4) fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 4 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 4 2 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 4 5 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 4 6 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 7 0 7 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 4 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 6 7 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

EM9(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 4 0 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 0 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 4 2 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 4 5 2 5 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 4 6 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 7 0 7 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 4 0 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 6 7 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How EM9(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densetense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · C♯ · D♯ · G · A♯

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

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