Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · 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 C Tuning (CGCGCE) · 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 — Open (2 x x 3 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 3 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 3 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 x x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 x x 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 2 3 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · 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 — Open (2 x x 3 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 3 x 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 3 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 x x 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 x x 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 x 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 2 3 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

E Minor 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 3 2 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Em7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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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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