Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

EM7♭5E Major 7th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Gtone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭3 · Notes G♯ · C · D · G

How to play it

EM7♭5 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 Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 13 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 13 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 x 13) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 13 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 13 13) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 13 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 13 11 14 13) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How EM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭3

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