Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

BM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (9 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (21 20 19 21 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

BM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (9 8 7 9 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (21 20 19 21 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

B Major guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 9 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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