Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

EM6♭5E Major 6th Flat 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · C · D · F

How to play it

EM6♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 x x 9 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 x 6 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x x 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 x 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

EM6♭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 Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 2 x 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 2 2 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 x x 9 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 x 6 9 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x x 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 x 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM6♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkywhimsical

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2

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