Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

EM♭13E Major Flat 13th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

EM♭13 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 Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (x 10 11 9 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

Read it as tab

EM♭13 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 Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (x 10 11 9 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

Sound

How EM♭13 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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