Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

EM♭5E Major Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

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

How to play it

EM♭5 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 x 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 5 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 x 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 17 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 20th position (x 21 21 20) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 x 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 5 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 9 8) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 x 18) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 17 18) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 20th position (x 21 21 20) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How EM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7

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