Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

A♯m♭5A♯ Minor Flat 5th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D

How to play it

A♯m♭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♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 11 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

A♯m♭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♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 2 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 11 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 x 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
A♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How A♯m♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3
Same notes asA♯°
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More ways to play A♯ Minor Flat 5th

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

A♯m♭5 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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