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

Em6♭9E Minor 6th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes G♯ · B · 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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 x 8 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 10 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 9 8 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 12 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x 11 10) 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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 x 8 11 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 10 8 11 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 9 8 11 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 12 11 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 x 11 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x 11 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em6♭9 sounds

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

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

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