Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

EM♯13E Major Sharp 13th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

EM♯13 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · 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 Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 3rd (x 5 5 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 8th (x x 10 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 8th (10 9 8 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 15th (x 17 17 15 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 3 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 3 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

EM♯13 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 Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 3rd (x 5 5 3 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 8th (x x 10 9 8 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 8th (10 9 8 9 8 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 15th (x 17 17 15 17 17) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 3 x 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 3 5 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How EM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

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