Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

Bm♯5B Minor Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F♯

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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 8 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 x 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 10) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 15) 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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 x) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 7) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 8 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 x 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 10) in Chicago (DGBE)

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 15) in Chicago (DGBE)

Sound

How Bm♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 5

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