Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

EM6♭9E Major 6th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F · A

How to play it

EM6♭9 fingering positions

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

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 x 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 6 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 9 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 6 9 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 x 6 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 6 6 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 6 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 9 6 9 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM6♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashinguneasy

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

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