Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

BM♭5B Major Flat 5th

A♯Root
Dtone
Etone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4  ·  Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

BM♭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).

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x x 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 13 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 13 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 x 13 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 x 15 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

BM♭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.

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x x 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 13 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 13 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 11 x 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 11 13 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 x 13 15) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 x 15 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How BM♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkyunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4
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