Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

Em6♯5E Minor 6th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Em6♯5 fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2, 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 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 14 15 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Em6♯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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 4) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 3 3) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

E Minor 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 14 15 15) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · ♭2

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