Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

EmM11♯9E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · G · B · C♯

How to play it

EmM11♯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 major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 x 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 3 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 4 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 3 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 4 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

EmM11♯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 major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 x 4 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 3 2 x 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 4 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 4 4 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 4 4 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 3 2 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 4 2 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How EmM11♯9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6

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