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

E+M11♭9E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone
Gtone
Atone
C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 6  ·  Notes G♯ · C · E · G · A · C♯

How to play it

E+M11♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 4 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 0 2 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (13 13 11 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 11 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (13 12 14 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
Read it as tab

E+M11♭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 Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 4 3 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 0 2 3 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 2 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 2 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (13 13 11 11 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 11 11 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (13 12 14 15 14 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Augmented-major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 14 14 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
Sound

How E+M11♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
harshjarring
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G · A · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 6
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