Standard
E half-diminished ninth · Open position
Em9♭5 guitar chord
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How to play Em9♭5 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret. Let the low E, D and G strings ring open.
From the low E string 0 1 0 0 3 2 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Em9♭5?
Em9♭5, E half-diminished ninth, is E, G, B♭, D and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.
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