Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

Bm♭5B Minor Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 x 9 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 x 12 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x x 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 12 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 11 x 12) 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 0 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 x 9 12) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 x 12 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x x 12) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 12 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 12 12) in Double C (gCGCD)

B Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 11 x 12) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How Bm♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asB°

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