Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯+G♯ Augmented

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G♯tone

Ctone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G♯ · C

How to play it

G♯+ fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3, 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).

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar chord — 14th position (15 14 14 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

G♯+ 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.

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 x x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 x 3) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (3 2 2 3 3) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 x 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 11 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 10 11 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

G♯ Augmented guitar tab — 14th position (15 14 14 x x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How G♯+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asG♯M♯5

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