Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

AM♯13A Major Sharp 13th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

AM♯13 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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).

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 8th (9 9 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 11 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 14 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 17 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

AM♯13 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.

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 8th (9 9 8 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 11 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 14 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 17 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How AM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5

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