Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

BM♭13B Major Flat 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

BM♭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).

B Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 16 17 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

BM♭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.

B Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 16 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 16 17 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How BM♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensedark

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · F♯

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

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