Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

BM7♯5B Major 7th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

BM7♯5 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).

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 9 8) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 x 20) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 20 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 20 20) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

BM7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 x 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 8 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 8 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 8 9) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 9 8) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 x 20) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 20 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

B Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 20 20) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How BM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealmysterioussuspenseful

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7

Same notes asB+M7

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