Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GM7♯5G Major 7th Sharp 5th

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F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

GM7♯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).

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

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (19 16 16 x 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (19 16 16 16 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (19 16 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

GM7♯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.

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

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 4 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 7 x 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 7 9 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 7 9 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (19 16 16 x 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (19 16 16 16 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (19 16 16 16 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How GM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealmysterioussuspenseful

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

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

Same notes asG+M7

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