Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯M7♭5F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th

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Etone

F♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 4 · Notes C · E · F♯ · B

How to play it

F♯M7♭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 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 18 x 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 18 20 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

F♯M7♭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 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 x 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 8 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 18 x 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F♯ Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 18 20 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How F♯M7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 4

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