7-string · Standard
E minor ninth · Open position
Em9 7-string guitar chord
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How to play Em9 on 7-string guitar
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 high E string at the 2nd fret. Let the low E, D, G and high B strings ring open. Don’t play the low B string.
From the low B string x 0 2 0 0 0 2 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Em9?
Em9, E minor ninth, is E, G, B, D and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9.
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Em9 on other instruments
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