Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E+7E Augmented 7th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯

How to play it

E+7 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 Augmented 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 3 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 11 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 11th position (14 x 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 15 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 15 12 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

E+7 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 Augmented 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 3 0 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 11 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 11 10 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 11th position (14 x 11 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 x 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 15 12 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 15 12 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How E+7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2

Same notes asE7♯5

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