Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Am6♭5A Minor 6th Flat 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

Am6♭5 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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).

A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 4 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 7 7 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (17 16 16 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am6♭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.

A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 4 2 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 4 2 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 4 x 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 4 5 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 7 8 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 7 7 8 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 13 14 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (17 16 16 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am6♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dramaticominoussuspenseful
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
Same notes asAo7
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