Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

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

Double C (gCGCD) · 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 6th guitar chord — Open (3 3 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 x 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

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 — Open (3 3 0 1 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 x 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 0 4 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

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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