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

Em11♯9E Minor 11th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Em11♯9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 x 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 0 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 x 1 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 0 1 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 x 1 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 0 1 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 1 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 1 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 x 1 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 0 1 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 1 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Em11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickmurky

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · B · C♯

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

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