Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Em11♭5E Minor 11th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

Em11♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 2 2 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 2 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 6 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 0 6 5 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 7 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (16 14 14 14 13 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Em11♭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 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 2 2 2 1 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 5 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 2 2 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 6 5 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 0 6 5 5 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 7 5 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (16 14 14 14 13 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Em11♭5 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

murkyunresolved

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asEø11 Eø9(add11)

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