Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

BM6B Major 6th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Gtone

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

How to play it

BM6 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 Major 6th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 6th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 16 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 6th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

BM6 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 6th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 4 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 6th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 16 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 6th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 18 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How BM6 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmnostalgiccontent

Genres

jazzpopcountry

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6

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