Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

Em7♭5E Minor 7th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯

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 Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 x 12) 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 Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 x 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 5 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 2 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 5 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

E Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 x 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How Em7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2

Same notes asEø7

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