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

Em9(add2)E Minor 9th Added 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

Em9(add2) 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 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 11 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em9(add2) 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 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 12 12 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 12 12 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 11 x 12 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x 12 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 x 9 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 12 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em9(add2) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densemodern

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

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

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