Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

BM♭5B Major Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

BM♭5 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, 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).

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x x 11 12 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

BM♭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.

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 12 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x x 11 12 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How BM♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4

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