Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 (1 x 0 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 0 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x 0 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 0 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 0 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 0 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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 (1 x 0 0 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 0 0 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 0 0 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x 0 0 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 0 3 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 0 x x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 0 x 0 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

E Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 0 0 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G

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

Same notes asE+M7

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