Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

Am♯5A Minor Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · D

How to play it

Am♯5 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 x 4 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 x 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am♯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.

A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 3) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 x 4 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 4 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 x 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am♯5 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4
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