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

Em6♭9E Minor 6th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

How to play it

Em6♭9 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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 13 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 12 10 12 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 13 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 15 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em6♭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 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 4 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 9 8 10 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 13 10 12 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 12 10 12 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 13 10 12 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 15 16 16 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em6♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

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