Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

F♯M♭5F♯ Major Flat 5th

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F♯tone

Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · 1  ·  Notes C · E · F♯

How to play it

F♯M♭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♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x x 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 x 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

F♯M♭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♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 x 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 4 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x x 9 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x x 9 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 x 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How F♯M♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkyunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · 1
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