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

Em11♭9E Minor 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Em11♭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 Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 10 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 10 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 8 7 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 10 12 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 10 12 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 10 10 9 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 10 9 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darktense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6

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