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

Em7♯5E Minor 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Etone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · Notes G♯ · B · E · F♯

How to play it

Em7♯5 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 Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 x 3 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 6 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 8 8 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x x 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 x x 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 x 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Em7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 x 3 4 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 6 3 4 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 8 x 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 8 8 x 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x x 8 9 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 8 9 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 x x 9 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 x 9 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em7♯5 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

broodingambiguous

Genres

jazzneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 1 · 2

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