Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

G♯M7G♯ Major 7th

ERoot
G♯tone
Btone
D♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

G♯M7 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).

G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 6 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 15th position (18 17 15 x 17) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 15th position (18 17 15 17 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar chord — 15th position (18 17 15 17 17) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

G♯M7 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 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 x 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 5 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 6 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 15th position (18 17 15 x 17) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 15th position (18 17 15 17 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
G♯ Major 7th guitar tab — 15th position (18 17 15 17 17) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How G♯M7 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dreamywarmromantic
Genres
jazzbossa novar&b
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5
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