Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Em6E Minor 6th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Em6 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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 Minor 6th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar chord — 4th position (x x 0 4 6 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Em6 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 6th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 0 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 0 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 x 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 0 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 3 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor 6th guitar tab — 4th position (x x 0 4 6 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em6 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bittersweetmysteriousnoir

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2

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