Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

E+E Augmented

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · E

How to play it

E+ fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 Augmented guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 3rd position (4 x 6 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 3rd position (4 5 6 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 9th position (x 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar chord — 13th position (16 13 x 15) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

E+ 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 Augmented guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 3rd position (4 x 6 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 3rd position (4 5 6 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 7) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 9th position (x 9 10 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Augmented guitar tab — 13th position (16 13 x 15) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How E+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1

Same notes asEM♯5

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