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

Em9♯5E Minor 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯ · 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 11 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 10 13 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 15 17 17 18) 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 x 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 11 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 10 x 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 10 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 10 13 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 15 17 17 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushdark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

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