Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E9♭5E Dominant 9th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

F♯tone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

E9♭5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 4 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 7 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

E9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 3 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 4 3 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 7 7 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 12 11 11 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How E9♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · F♯ · A♯

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

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