Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EmM13♯9E Minor major 13th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

EmM13♯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 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

E Minor major 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 13th position (14 14 13 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

Read it as tab

EmM13♯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 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 2 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 5 4 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

E Minor major 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 13th position (14 14 13 14 14 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 16 17 16 16 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EmM13♯9 sounds

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · B · C♯ · F

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

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