Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

B+(add11)B Augmented Added 11th

A♯Root
Dtone
F♯tone
D♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 3  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · D♯

How to play it

B+(add11) 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).

B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 13 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 14 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 13 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 15 14 17) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 15 17 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

B+(add11) 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.

B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 13 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 14 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 13 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 14 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 15 14 17) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 15 17 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How B+(add11) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
unstableclashing
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · 3
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