Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

BM fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3, 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 — Open (x 1 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (6 5 3 6 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 13 12 13 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (18 17 15 18 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 6 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 x 10 13) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

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 — Open (x 1 0 1 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (6 5 3 6 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 13 12 13 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (18 17 15 18 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 6 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

B Major guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 x 10 13) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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