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

G♯7♯5G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

Dtone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes E · G♯ · C · D

How to play it

G♯7♯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).

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 2 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

G♯7♯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.

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 2 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 2 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 2 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How G♯7♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3 · ♭5

Same notes asG♯+7

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