Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Em7♯5E Minor 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

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

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 Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 2 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 2 0 3 0) 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 Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 0 3 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 x x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 x 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 2 0 3 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 0 3 2) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 2 0 3 0) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How Em7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

broodingambiguous

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2

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