Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 (1 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 9th position (x 9 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 10th position (13 12 13 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 13 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 11th position (13 12 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 13th position (13 16 15 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 (1 4 3 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 9 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 9th position (x 9 9 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 10th position (13 12 13 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 13 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 11th position (13 12 13 13 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 13th position (13 16 15 16 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em6 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bittersweetmysteriousnoir

Genres

jazzfilm scorebossa nova

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2

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