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E minor ninth · Open position
Em9 banjo chord
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How to play Em9 on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the low D string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high D string at the 4th fret. Let the short G and G strings ring open.
From the short G string 0 2 0 3 4 (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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