Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

B+M7B Augmented-major 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · A

How to play it

B+M7 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).

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 20 x 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 20 20 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar chord — 20th position (21 20 20 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

B+M7 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.

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 8 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 20 x 20) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 20 20 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Augmented-major 7th guitar tab — 20th position (21 20 20 20 20) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How B+M7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealmysterioussuspenseful

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7

Same notes asBM7♯5

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