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

Em♭9E Minor Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How Em♭9 sounds

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 4

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