Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E+♭5E Augmented Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · D · E

How to play it

E+♭5 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 11 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 11 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 13 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 13 14 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

E+♭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 Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 11 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 11 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 13 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 13 14 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How E+♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1

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