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

Em♭13E Minor Flat 13th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Etone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · E

How to play it

Em♭13 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 Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (3 3 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 x 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (x 8 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (x 8 7 9 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 19th position (x 20 19 20 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 19th position (x 20 19 21 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Em♭13 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 Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (3 3 0 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 x 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (x 8 7 8 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (x 8 7 9 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 19th position (x 20 19 20 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 19th position (x 20 19 21 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 1

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