Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

AM(add4)A Major Added 4th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · B · C♯

How to play it

AM(add4) fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Major Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 0 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 14 12 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

AM(add4) 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 Major Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 0 7) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 14 12 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 14 14 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How AM(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensecrowded

Genres

rockexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3

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