Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Em6♯9E Minor 6th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Btone

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

How to play it

Em6♯9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 x 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 x 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 2 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 2 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 5 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 x 4 2 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 0 2 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 x 4 2 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 2 4 2 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 0 2 2) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 2 0 2 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 4 2 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

E Minor 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 4 2 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How Em6♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · B

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

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