Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Eø11♭9E Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Eø11♭9 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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 3 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 12 12 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 15 15 15 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Eø11♭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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 3 3 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 12 12 11 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 15 15 15 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Eø11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakhollow

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · 6

Same notes asEø♭9(add11)Eo♭9(add11)

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