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

EM♯5E Major Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · E

How to play it

EM♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 x 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

EM♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x x 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 3 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 x 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 3 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 x 7) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1

Same notes asE+

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