Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

AMA Major

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

AM fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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).

A Major guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (7 6 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 14 13 14 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (19 18 16 19 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 4 x 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 4 7 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 x 11 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

AM 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.

A Major guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (7 6 4 7 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 14 13 14 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (19 18 16 19 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 4 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 4 x 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 4 7 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
A Major guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 x 11 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How AM sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
happybrightresolved
Genres
poprockfolk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3
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