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

EM♭5E Major Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · Notes G♯ · C · D

How to play it

EM♭5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x x 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 4 0 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

EM♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x x 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x x 2 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 2 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 4 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 4 0 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x x 2 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 2 0 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 2 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How EM♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7

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