Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯MG♯ Major

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes E · G♯ · B

How to play it

G♯M fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · 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).

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (5 5 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x 10 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (17 17 18 19 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 x x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 x 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 x 7 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

G♯M 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♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (5 5 6 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x 10 10 10 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (17 17 18 19 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 x x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 x 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 x 7 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Major guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 7 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How G♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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