Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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), 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 — 2nd position (2 4 4 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

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

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

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 16 16 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 16 16 17 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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 — 2nd position (2 4 4 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

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

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

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 16 16 17 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 16 16 17 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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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