Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

EM♯5E Major Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · E

How to play it

EM♯5 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 10 10) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 x 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 14 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

EM♯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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 2 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 x 10) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 10 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 10 10) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 x 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 14 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How EM♯5 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♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1

Same notes asE+

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