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

Em6(add2)E Minor 6th Added 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Btone
D♯tone
Ftone

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

How to play it

Em6(add2) fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 2 2 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 3 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 3 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 2 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 3 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 2 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

Em6(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 2 2 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 3 2 0 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 x 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 3 x 0 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 2 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 3 2 0 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 4 x 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
E Minor 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 2 4 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How Em6(add2) sounds

Consonance
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Character

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · B · D♯ · F
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 5 · 7 · ♭2
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