Ukulele · D Tuning (ADF♯B)

EME Major

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

EM fingering positions

D Tuning (ADF♯B), 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (2 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 11th position (14 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 12) fretboard diagram in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

Read it as tab

EM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (2 2 2 0) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (14 14 14 12) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 x 0) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 x) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 5) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 11 12) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 11th position (14 x 11 12) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

E Major guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 12) in D Tuning (ADF♯B)

Sound

How EM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7

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