Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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 D Tuning (DADF♯AD), 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 — Open (2 2 0 1 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (2 2 4 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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 — Open (2 2 0 1 3 4) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (2 2 4 1 3 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 3 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 0 3 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 2 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 0 2 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 5 5 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

E Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 5 5 4) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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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