7-string bass · Standard
E half-diminished ninth · Open position
Em9♭5 7-string bass chord
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How to play Em9♭5 on 7-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the C string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the F string at the 1st fret. Let the E, D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 0 1 0 0 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Em9♭5?
Em9♭5, E half-diminished ninth, is E, G, B♭, D and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.
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