Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

BM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 13 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

B Major guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 12 13 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

BM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 13 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

B Major guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 12 13 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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