Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EM9♭13E Major 9th Flat 13th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · G · A♯ · E

How to play it

EM9♭13 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 Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (2 3 1 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 4 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 13th position (14 14 13 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 16 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 16 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

EM9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (2 3 1 1 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 4 5 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 13th position (14 14 13 13 13 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 16 16 16 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 16 17 16 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EM9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · G · A♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1

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