Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E+7♭9E Augmented 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯ · A

How to play it

E+7♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 11 11 10 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 11 11 10 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 10 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 x 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 11 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 10 10 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

E+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 10 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 11 11 10 x 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 11 11 10 11 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 10 13 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 x 10 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 11 10 11 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 10 10 13 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 10 13 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How E+7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

volatilejarring

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · 4

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