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

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em 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 Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 3 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 8th (x 8 10 10 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 13th (13 15 15 13 13 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 15th (x x 15 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 20th (x 20 22 22 21 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 x x 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar chord — Open (1 3 x 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Em 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 guitar tab — Open (1 3 3 1 1 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 3rd (x x 3 5 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 8th (x 8 10 10 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 13th (13 15 15 13 13 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 15th (x x 15 17 18 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 20th (x 20 22 22 21 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 x x 1 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (1 3 x 1 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7

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