Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

EM9♭5E Major 9th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

EM9♭5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 6 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 11 11 9 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 6 5 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 6 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 9 9 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 11 11 9 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 9 9 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · G · A♯

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

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