Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

Eø7♯5E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Etone
F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · 2  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D · E · F♯

How to play it

Eø7♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1, 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 x 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 6 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 3 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 6 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 6 6 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

Eø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 x 6 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 6 4 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 3 6 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 3 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 6 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 6 4 3 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
E Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 6 6 9 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1
Sound

How Eø7♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
murkytense
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · 2
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