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

Eø7♭9E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

How to play it

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 4 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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

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

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

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

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 11 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Eø7♭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 Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 4 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 4 4 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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

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

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

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

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 11 12 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 13 12 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Eø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asEø♭9 Eo♭9

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