Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

B+B Augmented

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

B+ 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 guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x x 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 13 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 13 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

B+ 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 guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x x 13) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 13 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 13 13) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 x 13) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 13 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How B+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asBM♯5

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