Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

AM♯5A Major Sharp 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

AM♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 x 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

AM♯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.

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x x) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x 7) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 x 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 15 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 15 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How AM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4

Same notes asA+

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