Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Em6(add11)E Minor 6th Added 11th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F · C♯

How to play it

Em6(add11) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 0 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 0 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Em6(add11) 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 Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 0 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Minor 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 0 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Em6(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkymysterious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 6

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