Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

Em♯5E Minor Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · E

How to play it

Em♯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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 x 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 13 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 0) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 x 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 8 8) in Chicago (DGBE)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 13 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How Em♯5 sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1

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