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

Em♯5E Minor Sharp 5th

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Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · E

How to play it

Em♯5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (13 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (13 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (13 16 x 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 3 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 6 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (13 11 11 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (13 x 11 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (13 16 x 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

How Em♯5 sounds

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1

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