Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

E+(add4)E Augmented Added 4th

G♯Root

Ctone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · C♯ · E

How to play it

E+(add4) fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Augmented Added 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x 9 9 7 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x 9 9 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar chord — 19th position (x 21 21 19 22) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar chord — 19th position (x 21 21 22 19) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

E+(add4) 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 Augmented Added 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x 9 9 7 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x 9 9 10 7) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar tab — 19th position (x 21 21 19 22) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Augmented Added 4th guitar tab — 19th position (x 21 21 22 19) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How E+(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

crampedtense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 6 · 1

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