Four String Bass · D Standard (DGCF)

Em(add2)E Minor Added 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Btone
D♯tone

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

How to play it

Em(add2) fingering positions

D Standard (DGCF), 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 13) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)
Read it as tab

Em(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 11 14) in D Standard (DGCF)
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 13) in D Standard (DGCF)
Sound

How Em(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensepoignant
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 5 · 7
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