Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

GM♯13G Major Sharp 13th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C

How to play it

GM♯13 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).

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 3rd (5 4 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 15th (17 16 15 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

G Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (17 16 15 x 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

GM♯13 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.

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 3rd (5 4 3 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 15th (17 16 15 15 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 6 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 6 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

G Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (17 16 15 x 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How GM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4

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