Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Fm♭5F Minor Flat 5th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone

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

How to play it

Fm♭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).

F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 x 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 11 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 11 11 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (x 11 11 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (15 14 14 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

Fm♭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.

F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 x 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 8 9 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 11 11 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 11 11 9 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (x 11 11 x 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (15 14 14 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How Fm♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseanxiousunstable
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7
Same notes asF°
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