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

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 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 major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 9 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 12 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 9 x 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 12 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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 3 0 0 2 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 6 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 9 9 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 12 9 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 9 x 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Minor major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 12 9 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How EmM9♭5 sounds

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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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