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

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (x 8 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (13 11 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (x 20 19 20 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x x 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

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 — M-shape, 7th (x 8 7 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (13 11 11 13 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (x 20 19 20 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x x 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 1 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 4 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 4 x 4) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7

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