Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

GM7♭5G Major 7th Flat 5th

DRoot
F♯tone
G♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 5 · 7 · ♭2 · ♭5  ·  Notes D · F♯ · G♯ · C♯

How to play it

GM7♭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).

G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 9 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 x 21) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 21 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 21 21) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

GM7♭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.

G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x 9) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 9 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 9 9) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 x 21) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 21 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
G Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 21 21) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How GM7♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
etherealfloating
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · ♭2 · ♭5
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