Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Bm6♭5B Minor 6th Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

Bm6♭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).

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 11 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (x 17 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 20 20 18 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Bm6♭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.

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 8 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 8 6 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 8 x 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 8 9 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 11 12 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 11 12 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (x 17 17 18 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 20 20 18 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How Bm6♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dramaticominoussuspenseful

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asBo7

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