Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Am♯5A Minor Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · D

How to play it

Am♯5 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 15 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 15 x 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 x 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 8 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 8 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 15 15 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 15 x 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How Am♯5 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4
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