Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B+(add2)B Augmented Added 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
F♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5  ·  Notes A♯ · C · D · F♯

How to play it

B+(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 11 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 14 x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

B+(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 11 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 11 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 13 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
B Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 14 x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How B+(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dreamlikehazy
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5
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