E7♯5 8-string guitar chord

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8-string · Standard

E augmented seventh · Open position

F♯BEADGBE♯53♭7noteEB♯Same note as CDG♯DEroleR♯5♭73♭7Rfret030130frets 1–3C1C2C3C4C5C6
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How to play E7♯5 on 8-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the high B string at the 3rd fret. Let the low E, D and high E strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and low B strings.

From the F♯ string x x 0 3 0 1 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E7♯5?

E7♯5, E augmented seventh, is E, G♯, B♯ and D: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the augmented fifth (B♯) and the minor seventh (D). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 ♭7.

E7♯5 on other instruments

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