Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EmM11♭9E Minor major 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

EmM11♭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 Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 15 14 16 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

EmM11♭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 Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 0 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 0 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 2 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 13 12 12 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 15 14 16 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EmM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · A · C♯

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

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