Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

F♯M♭5F♯ Major Flat 5th

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F♯tone

Formula ♭5 · ♭7 · 1  ·  Notes C · E · F♯

How to play it

F♯M♭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).

F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (16 15 13 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (16 15 13 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 x 18) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
Read it as tab

F♯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.

F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 x) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 2) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 x 6) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 7 6) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 11 8) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (16 15 13 x) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (16 15 13 14) in Chicago (DGBE)
F♯ Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 x 18) in Chicago (DGBE)
Sound

How F♯M♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
quirkyunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭5 · ♭7 · 1
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