Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

FM♭5F Major Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Formula 4 · 6 · 7 · Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

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

F Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

FM♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 x x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How FM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7

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