Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Em6♭5E Minor 6th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Em6♭5 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 7 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 10 10 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 10 10 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 10 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 13 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em6♭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 Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 7 8 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 10 10 8 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 10 10 8 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 x 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 10 11 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 13 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 13 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em6♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F

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

Same notes asEo7

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