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

Em♭9E Minor Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

Em♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

Em♭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 Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 2 3) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Em♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 4

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