Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

EM6♯5E Major 6th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Ftone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · C · E · F

How to play it

EM6♯5 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 8 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 8 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

EM6♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 0 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 0 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 0 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 8 8 9 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 8 8 10 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How EM6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettledcurious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭2

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