Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

Am♯5A Minor Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · 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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 15) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 21st position (21 22 x 22) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 21st position (21 22 22 22) 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 Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 3) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 10) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 10) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 15) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 21st position (21 22 x 22) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 21st position (21 22 22 22) in Plectrum (CGBD)
Sound

How Am♯5 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4
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