Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

AMA Major

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

AM fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD) · 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 Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (6 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (x 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

AM 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 Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (6 6 7 8) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (x 11 11 11) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 x 8) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How AM sounds

Consonance
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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3
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