Em6/9 8-string bass chord

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8-string bass · Standard

E minor six nine · Open position

F♯BEADGCF5R69noteEBEGC♯F♯roleR5R♭369fret022011frets 1–2C0C1C2C3C4C5

How to play Em6/9 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the C to the F at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the E and G strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and B strings.

From the F♯ string x x 0 2 2 0 1 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Em6/9?

Em6/9, E minor six nine, is E, G, B, C♯ and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the major sixth (C♯) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 6 9.

Em6/9 on other instruments

Guitar7-string guitar8-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass7-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo

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