Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Em6♯5E Minor 6th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Em6♯5 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1, 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 8 7 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 8 7 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (13 11 12 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (13 11 12 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 1 x 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 1 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 1 1 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 1 4 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 8 7 9 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 8 7 10 9) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (13 11 12 x 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (13 11 12 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

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 · E · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · ♭2

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