Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

Em♭5E Minor Flat 5th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone

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

How to play it

Em♭5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2
E Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2
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 Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2
E Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2
Sound

How Em♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7
Same notes asE°
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Em♭5 in other tunings:

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