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

EM7♭9E Major 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · G · A

How to play it

EM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 0 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 10 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 12 10 13 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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 Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 0 1 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 0 5 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 10 10 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 13 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 12 10 13 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · G · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4

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