Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

BM6(add13)B Major 6th Added 13th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · D · F · G · G

How to play it

BM6(add13) 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 Major 6th Added 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Major 6th Added 13th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 16 18) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Major 6th Added 13th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 18 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

BM6(add13) 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 Major 6th Added 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Major 6th Added 13th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 16 18) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Major 6th Added 13th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 18 16) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How BM6(add13) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmsettled

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · G · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭6

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