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

Em6(add9)E Minor 6th Added 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

Em6(add9) 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 Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 2 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 4 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 4 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 2 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 2 2 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Em6(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 x 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 2 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 4 x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 4 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 2 2 x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 2 2 2 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 4 3 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em6(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · A♯

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

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