Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

A+A Augmented

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

A+ fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE) · 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).

A Augmented guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 6) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 13 10) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (11 12 13 10) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 14) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 17 18) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

A+ 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.

A Augmented guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 6) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 10) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 10) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 13 10) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (11 12 13 10) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 14) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
A Augmented guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 17 18) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3
Sound

How A+ sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseunsettleddreamlike
Genres
jazzclassicalfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4
Same notes asAM♯5
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