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

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 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 Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (x 18 17 18 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (x 18 17 19 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

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 — 5th position (x 6 5 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (x 18 17 18 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

E Minor Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (x 18 17 19 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em♭13 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sorrowfuldark

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 1

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