Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

A♯M♯5A♯ Major Sharp 5th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · C · E

How to play it

A♯M♯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 — 3rd position (x 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (22 19 19 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (22 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
Read it as tab

A♯M♯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 — 3rd position (x 3 3 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 8) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 12) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 12) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 15 16) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (22 19 19 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)
A♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (22 19 19 20) in Plectrum (CGBD)
Sound

How A♯M♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseunsettleddreamlike
Genres
jazzclassicalfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · ♭5
Same notes asA♯+
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