Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

EME Major

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

EM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x 9 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (14 13 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (x 21 20 21 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 x 6 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 x 9 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 8 6 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 8 9 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

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

Read it as tab

EM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x 9 8 9 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (14 13 11 14 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (x 21 20 21 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 x 6 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 x 9 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 8 6 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

E Major guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 8 9 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

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

Sound

How EM sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

happybrightresolved

Genres

poprockfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7

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