Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EM9♯5E Major 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

EM9♯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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 7 4 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 x 11 13 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

EM9♯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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 1 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 1 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 5 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 7 4 5 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 x 11 13 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G · A♯

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

Same notes asE+M9 E+M7(add9)

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