Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GMG Major

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · F♯ · A

How to play it

GM 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 guitar chord — Open (x 0 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar chord — O-shape, 5th (x 0 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (7 7 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 12 12 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (19 19 20 21 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

Read it as tab

GM 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 guitar tab — Open (x 0 0 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar tab — O-shape, 5th (x 0 0 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (7 7 8 9 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 12 12 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

G Major guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (19 19 20 21 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

Sound

How GM sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2

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