Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

BM♭5B Major Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

BM♭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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

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

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

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x x 12 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x x 12 15 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 x 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

BM♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 4 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

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

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

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x x 12 13 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x x 12 15 13) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 x 13 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How BM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4

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