Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

E+7E Augmented 7th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone
F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2  ·  Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯

How to play it

E+7 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3, 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 7th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

E+7 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 7th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 x 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 11) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
E Augmented 7th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 11 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3
Sound

How E+7 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
restlessbluesyunstable
Genres
jazzblues
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2
Same notes asE7♯5
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