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

EmM9♭5E Minor major 9th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

EmM9♭5 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 major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 10 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 13 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 10 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 10 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

EmM9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 10 10 10 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 13 10 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 10 x 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 x 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 10 10 10 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How EmM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

spectraleerie

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · G · A♯

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

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