Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

BM♭5B Major Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes A♯ · D · E

How to play it

BM♭5 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 4 1) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 12 11) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 16 13) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 20 18 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 20 18 19) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 4 1) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 6 7) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 11) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 12 11) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 16 13) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 20 18 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 20 18 19) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How BM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4

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