Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Em7♯5E Minor 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯

How to play it

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 3 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 15 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 15 12 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 15 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 15 14 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 3 0 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 10 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 x 12 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 15 12 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 15 12 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 15 x 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 15 14 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Em7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

broodingambiguous

Genres

jazzneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2

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