Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

EM7♯5E Major 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes G♯ · C · E · G

How to play it

EM7♯5 fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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 Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 x 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 1 1 x x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 2 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 1 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 2 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

EM7♯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 Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 1 3 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 x 1 x 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 1 1 x x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 2 1 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 1 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 1 1 3 2) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 2 1 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How EM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asE+M7

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