7-string bass · Standard
E minor seventh flat nine · Open position
Em7♭9 7-string bass chord
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How to play Em7♭9 on 7-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the C string at the 2nd fret. Let the E, D, G and F strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 0 2 0 0 2 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Em7♭9?
Em7♭9, E minor seventh flat nine, is E, G, B, D and F: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the flat ninth (F). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 ♭9.
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