Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Em6E Minor 6th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F

How to play it

Em6 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2, 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 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 7 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 9 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 12 x 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 12 15 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Em6 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 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 3) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 7 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 9 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 12 x 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 12 15 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em6 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bittersweetmysteriousnoir

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2

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