Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GM(add13)G Major Added 13th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Btone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · B

How to play it

GM(add13) 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 Added 13th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar chord — 12th position (x 12 12 12 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar chord — 12th position (x 12 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

GM(add13) 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 Added 13th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar tab — 12th position (x 12 12 12 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 13th guitar tab — 12th position (x 12 12 14 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How GM(add13) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmopen

Genres

popjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 3

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