Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em 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 guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 10 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (14 13 14 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (x 22 22 21 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 x 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Em 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 guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 2 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 10 10 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (14 13 14 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (x 22 22 21 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 2 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 x 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 2 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7

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