Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Em(add4)E Minor Added 4th

G♯Root
Btone
C♯tone
D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 6 · 7  ·  Notes G♯ · B · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

Em(add4) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, 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 Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 x 14 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 x 16 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Em(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 x 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 x 4 2) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 4 2) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 5 4 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 5 6 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 x 14 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 4th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 x 16 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Em(add4) sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
moodymodal
Genres
rockfolk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · C♯ · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 6 · 7
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