Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E7♯9E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Btone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 5 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · B

How to play it

E7♯9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 9 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

E7♯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 Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 9 9 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 9 10 x 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How E7♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 5

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