Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

EM7E Major 7th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · G

How to play it

EM7 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · 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 Major 7th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 0 3 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 0 6 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — 12th position (13 13 12 x 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — 12th position (13 13 12 15 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar chord — 12th position (13 13 12 15 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

EM7 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 Major 7th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 x 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 3 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 0 3 6) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 0 6 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — 12th position (13 13 12 x 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — 12th position (13 13 12 15 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th guitar tab — 12th position (13 13 12 15 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamywarmromantic

Genres

jazzbossa novar&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · G

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

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