Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Em7♯9E Minor 7th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

Em7♯9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 x 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x x 10 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 x 2 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 2 2 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 2 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 5 7 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 5 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x x 10 11 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 10 11 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 10 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · B

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

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