Em(maj9) 7-string bass chord

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7-string bass · Standard

E minor major ninth · Open position

BEADGCF5779noteEBD♯GD♯F♯roleR57♭379fret021031frets 1–3C0C1C2C3C4C5
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How to play Em(maj9) on 7-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret, your little finger on the C string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the F string at the 1st fret. Let the E and G strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 0 2 1 0 3 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Em(maj9)?

Em(maj9), E minor major ninth, is E, G, B, D♯ and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the major seventh (D♯) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 7 9.

Em(maj9) on other instruments

Guitar7-string guitar8-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo

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