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

Eø7♭9E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone
F♯tone
Atone

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

How to play it

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 1 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 4 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 4 x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 4 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (1 2 4 1 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
Read it as tab

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 1 1 0 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 1 x 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 1 0 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 4 4 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 4 x 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 4 1 4 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 1 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (1 2 4 1 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)
Sound

How Eø7♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods
bleakdissonant
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4
Same notes asEø♭9Eo♭9
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