Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

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

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).

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 14) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

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 — Open (x 1 0 2) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 x 9) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 9 9) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

B Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 14) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bm♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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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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