Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Em11♯5E Minor 11th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

Em11♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 3 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 5 3 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 5 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 14 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 0 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 0 1 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 3 0 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 5 3 6 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 5 5 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 10 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

E Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 14 12 13 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkylush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6

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