Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GM(add2)G Major Added 2nd

DRoot

Etone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 5 · 6 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · E · F♯ · A

How to play it

GM(add2) 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 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 0 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 0 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (x 0 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 0 0 0 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 0 x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

GM(add2) 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 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 0 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 0 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (x 0 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 0 0 0 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 0 x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How GM(add2) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

poprock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 6 · 7 · 2

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