Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EmM7♯9E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · G · B

How to play it

EmM7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

EmM7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 0 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 0 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 0 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 0 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 0 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 0 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 x 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Minor major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 0 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EmM7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkclashing

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · B

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

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