Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Em(add2)E Minor Added 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Btone
D♯tone

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

How to play it

Em(add2) fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 2 4 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 x x 10 11 13) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 13 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 x 13) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 13 10 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Em(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 Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 x 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 2 x 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 4 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 2 4 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 x x 10 11 13) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 13 10 11 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 x 13) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
E Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 13 10 x x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Em(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensepoignant
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

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