Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

FM6♭5F Major 6th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 4 · 6 · 7 · 2 · Notes A♯ · D · E · G

How to play it

FM6♭5 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).

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 0 x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 0 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

FM6♭5 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.

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 6 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 0 x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 0 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How FM6♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkywhimsical

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7 · 2

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