Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Em7♭9E Minor 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

Em7♭9 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 x 4 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 2 4 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 x 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 2 0 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 2 4 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 2 4 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 4 4 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (4 4 2 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Em7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 x 4 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 2 4 x 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 x 0 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 2 0 x 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 2 4 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 2 4 4 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 4 4 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (4 4 2 0 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Em7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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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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