Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯M♭5G♯ Major Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 2 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

G♯M♭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).

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (16 15 13 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (16 15 13 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 x 18) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

G♯M♭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.

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 2) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 x 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 7 6) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 11 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (16 15 13 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (16 15 13 14) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

G♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 x 18) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How G♯M♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 2

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