Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Em9♭13E Minor 9th Flat 13th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Etone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · E

How to play it

Em9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 0 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 4 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 0 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 2 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 0 7 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 6 7 0 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 0 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 6 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Em9♭13 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 Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 0 4 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 4 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 0 0 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 2 0 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 0 7 6 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 6 7 0 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 0 6 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 6 0 0 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Em9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

heavysomber

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 1

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