Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

AM♯5A Major Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone

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

How to play it

AM♯5 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 18 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
Read it as tab

AM♯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.

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 3) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 7) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 11) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 11) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 15) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 18 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 18 19) in Plectrum (CGBD)
Sound

How AM♯5 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 asA+
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