Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

BM6♭5B Major 6th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes A♯ · D · E · G

How to play it

BM6♭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).

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 16 15 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 16 18 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

BM6♭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.

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 4 3 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 x 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 6 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 6 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 6 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 9 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 16 15 18) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 16 18 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How BM6♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkywhimsical

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭6

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