Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B+7B Augmented 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · G♯

How to play it

B+7 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).

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 10th position (11 12 10 x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 10th position (11 12 10 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 17 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 19 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

B+7 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 Augmented 7th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — 10th position (11 12 10 x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — 10th position (11 12 10 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 17 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Augmented 7th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 19 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How B+7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6

Same notes asB7♯5

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