Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E°♯5E Diminished Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

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

How to play it

E°♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 2 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

E°♯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 Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 2 x 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 2 x 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 0 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 x 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

E Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How E°♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledtense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1

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