Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

Em7♯5E Minor 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯

How to play it

Em7♯5 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 Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 0 0 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 5 5) in Tenor (CGDA)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 17 17) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How Em7♯5 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

broodingambiguous

Genres

jazzneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2

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