Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

AM♭5A Major Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C

How to play it

AM♭5 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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).

A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 11 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 9 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

AM♭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.

A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x x 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 11 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 9 x 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 9 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 x 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
A Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 x 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How AM♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkyunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3
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More ways to play A Major Flat 5th

Browse the rest of the A chords in this tuning, or open AM♭5 in the app for every voicing.

AM♭5 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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