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

EM6♯9E Major 6th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Ftone

Btone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · 5 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F · B

How to play it

EM6♯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 Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 9 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

EM6♯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 Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 1 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 9 7 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 7 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How EM6♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittycolorful

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F · B

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · 5

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