Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

AmA Minor

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · Notes F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Am 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (7 6 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x 15 15 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (19 18 19 19 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 7 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Am 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 3 3 2 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (7 6 7 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x 15 15 14 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (19 18 19 19 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 x 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 7 7 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A Minor guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 7 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Am sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3

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