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

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em 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 guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (13 15 15 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 20 18 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

Em 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 guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (13 15 15 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 20 18 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

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

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

Sound

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7

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