Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

BM(add2)B Major Added 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
Ftone

Formula 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes A♯ · C · D · F

How to play it

BM(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 13 x 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 13 13 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 13 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

BM(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 13 x 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 13 13 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 13 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 13 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How BM(add2) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
brightcolorfulyouthful
Genres
poprock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5
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