Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

BM♯5B Major Sharp 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

BM♯5 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3, 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 5 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

BM♯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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 0) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 5 4) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 x 0) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 0) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 5 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

B Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 9 x 8) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How BM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asB+

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