Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

EmM7♭5E Minor major 7th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

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

How to play it

EmM7♭5 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 16 15) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

Read it as tab

EmM7♭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 major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 11) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 16 15) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How EmM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerieunstable

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭3

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