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

EmM9E Minor major 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

EmM9 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 major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 x 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

EmM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 x 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How EmM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysteriouscinematicbittersweet

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · G · A♯

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

Same notes asEmM7(add9)

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