Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Am♭5A Minor Flat 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone

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

How to play it

Am♭5 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Am♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 x 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 4 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 0 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 0 x 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 0 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Am♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3
Same notes asA°
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Am♭5 in other tunings:

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