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

EmM9♯5E Minor major 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · B · E · G · A♯

How to play it

EmM9♯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 major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

EmM9♯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 major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 3 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

Sound

How EmM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

hauntinglush

Genres

film score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · G · A♯

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

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